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Birthday merit making Mon style stupa at Wat Kuh 4. Wat Klang Kret Wat Klang Kret is situated near Khlong Lut Kret (a canal) in Tambon Pak Kret. It was built during the mid-Ayutthaya period before the canal was constructed. After Ayutthaya succumbed to Burmese invasion in 1767, the temple was completely ruined and abandoned. Later, King Taksin defeated Burmese forces and relocated Mon people to Pak Kret area. Since then the villagers started restoring the temple, which later became the dwelling place of Mon monks in the reign of King Rama III. Eventually, the temple became a gathering and spiritual place for both Mon and Thai people who have recently migrated to settle their families in that area. An elaborately decorated Ubosot, or an ordination hall, features Ayutthaya architectures with a front gable admirably carved from wood and Lai Kanok Kan Khot, a flame-like spiral motif. With twin Phra Prang (stupas) characterized by an intricate stucco style, four impressive Chedis of Chinese style, and decorated Chedi with twelve indented corners, the monastery compound also contains a Buddha image in the pose of preventing calamities with 90 centimeters in width and a reclining Buddha image with 22 meters in length. Not far from that is an elegant Ho Trai, or library with Thai-style wooden house surrounded with water and housing beautiful scriptures. A waterfront pavilion is located as a pier to accommodate water travel to Koh Kret. 5. Wat Kuh Located in Bang Pood District next to the Chao Phraya River, Wat Kuh, an ancient temple, was originally built during Phraya Jeang in 1752. Phraya Jeang is a head of a Mon family who migrated here during the reign of King Taksin. Wat Kuh was previously named “Wat Tha Soan”; however, the temple earned its recent name during the reign of King Rama V. A tragedy started when the Queen Sunanda Kumariratana, a consort of King Rama V, had intended to visit Ayutthaya by boat; unfortunately, the royal barge in which she was sailing was capsized in the river and all passengers were killed. The royal barge was dredged and the bodies were recovered in front of the temple, so it was given the present name since then. Inside houses a giant reclining Buddha image of 42 meters and 60 centimeters (21 Wa and 2 Sok in Thai measurement unit) in length with a round full face shape. The image at Wat Kuh is considered the longest reclining Buddha image within Pak Kret district. In the backyard, there is a storage compound with the wreck of Queen Sunanda Kumariratana Royal Barge and a small palace where her body was temporarily kept. Other attractions include Sa La Phra Nang Reu Lom Pavilion, which followed the architectural pattern of the Thai pavilion in Bang Pa-In, a royal palace, the old Ubosot or ordination hall, built during the late Ayutthaya period with beautiful Mon-style murals, and a giant stupa, where the relics of high ranking monks and the image of HM King Chulalongkorn the Great were housed. »Ò¡à¡Ãç´ ¹¤ÃáË‹§ÈÃÑ·¸Ò The City Of Happiness 60