Wat Lat Bua Khao

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Operating day: Daily

Operating time: 08.00 - 17.00

 

Wat Lat Bua Khao Hua Sai, Bang Khla, Chachoengsao. Built in 1894 by Luang Phra Thammakach, later in 1942, Somdej Phra Sangkharat Sakon Sanghaparinayok (Pae Tiso) presented the Tripitaka to Luang Pho Chet, the abbot at that time. The principal Buddha image in the chapel, Phra Mokhara Saribut, came from Wat Saket. Currently, Phra Khru Baidika Chumphon Sunthonwichan is the abbot.

 

Wat Lat Bua Khao is a temple of the people under the Mahanikaya sect, located in Hua Sai Subdistrict, Bang Khla District, Chachoengsao Province. The temple land covers an area of ​​29 rai, 1 ngan, and 44 square wa.

 

Wat Lat Bua Khao was established in 1902. The donors of the land for the temple were Mr. Krut and Mrs. Phum Ngam Prayoon. The temple received the royal charter of the boundary markers on February 11, 1974. The first abbot was Phra Pan, and the current abbot is Phra Khru Sunthon Thammawit. The temple has been teaching the Dhamma Studies School since 1932.

 

Important buildings include the Ubosot, built in 1969, 8 meters wide and 24 meters long, a reinforced concrete. Thai-style building, a half-brick, half-wood pavilion, a prayer hall, 6 monks' residences, and a four-sided pavilion.

 

Important objects of worship include the Buddha statue in the First Sermon posture and a replica of the Buddha's footprint, the principal Buddha statue in the Ubosot, which is a stucco Buddha statue covered in lacquer and gold in the Subduing Mara posture, with a beautiful Buddha image wearing a robe with a pikun flower pattern, 50 inches wide and 1.20 meters high, which is a Buddha image in the late Ayutthaya to early Rattanakosin art style, and Luang Pho Thammachaksi, which is a standing Buddha statue in the posture of forbidding relatives, with a beautiful Buddha image, 8 cubits high, cast from bronze.