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Chedi at Wat Yai Chai Mongkol




















Photo: Chedi at Wat Yai Chai Mongkol

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The Wat, also called "Chao Phaya Thai Temple", is just a short distance outside the walled Ayutthaya. It was built for meditation by King Ramatibodi, the first ruler of Ayutthaya, in 1357. In 1592, after King Naresuan defeated the Burmese Crown Prince in a single-handed duel on elephants, he constructed the temple's large Chedi to match the high pagoda Phu Khao Thong which had purportedly been built by the Burmese. The ruins of the massive pagoda are visible from a far distance.

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So I bear with the aggressiveness, though it is a potential disadvantage. A side effect that is dangerous more to my social environment than it is to me.


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Jan Garanoz
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Created: September 1, 1995
Last updated: January 27, 2010