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Hired tricycle services, a familiar image of Wat Sanam Nuea The Chedi with twelve indented corners in front of Wat Bo Ubosot 2. Wat Sanam Nuea Located near the Chao Phraya and Lut Kret Rivers opposite to Koh Kret, the temple was dated back to Ayutthaya era and neglected after the Burmese occupation of Ayutthaya. Once Mon settlers immigrated to this area, they started renovating. The temple was previously named “Wat Sanam Nontramun” or “Wat Sanam Chai.” However, the place earned its new name when the area between Wat Klang Kret and Wat Sanam Nuea was cleared out. Trees and grasses were cut and removed There was no further construction or any building located in that place. Hence, it became an empty hot space. People later called “Ban Tak Dad” (an area where people were exposed directly to the sun). The temple was located not distant from that area to the north; thus, it was called “Wat Sanam Nuea” (a Northern field). Inside contains Ubosot which was renovated in 1983 and Sala Kanprien, a massive hall for sermons with a phoenix-like gable design. Nowadays it is a place for people to learn Buddha’s teaching. It also houses 39 pieces of the Tripitaka given by HM King Chulalongkorn the Great, and enshrines Pra Sri Juramanee Chedi decorated with twelve indented corners, which was established in 1886 with 16 meters in height located in the middle of the lake. 3. Wat Bo The temple was previously situated at the bank of the Chao Phraya River and established in 1772. However, due to the expansion of shops and markets around the area, the temple is now relocated to the corner of Jangwattana Road next to Pak Kret Market. Mon people used to call the temple, “Kei Bo”, which means the temple surrounded with rattan or palm trees. Later, the pronunciation of the word “Bo”, which means a rattan tree, has been changed to “Bo” with the second Thai intonation marker. The main edifice is the old Ubosot, or an ordination hall, with Ayutthaya architecture having a high ceiling, one-story roof and porches. However, the Ubosot was undergone a renovation in 1956 due to its ruined conditions. The temple compound contains a giant Buddha image in a gesture of preventing calamities, a giant Chedi with twelve indented corners, Sala Kanprien, a wooden hall for sermons that has been recently renovated to a cement building having a valuable teak pulpit, an elaborately carved seat, and ornamented with colored glass tiles. 59