Wat Yothanimit

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Wat Yothanimit

Bang Kacha Subdistrict, Mueang Chanthaburi District, Chanthaburi 22000

Inside Wat Yothanimit In addition to the valuable history, including the "Luang Pho Yai" statue, another invaluable Buddha statue of Noen Wong Camp. There is another important thing of this temple that is "Sacred Por Rung Ruang Shrine" that has been around for hundreds of years and is highly respected by the villagers. Chao Pho Rung Ruang Shrine It is located at the back of Wat Yothasanimit. (On the east side of the temple) this front shrine will turn to the west. The back turned to the east. The present court is believed to have been renovated 3 times (now the 3rd court), which was originally a small pillar court. Later, the court collapsed over time so a second build was built. and the third present is the current court seen in the figure. But if you look at the bottom of the shrine, you will see that there is a stone placed, that is the stone that used to be the old shrine before. From telling the team to obtain brief information about the construction of this shrine that In the past, a hundred years ago, Thai people in this area believed in "ghosts", worshiping ghosts. Therefore, in order to make the construction of the temple go smoothly and to respect the spirits in this area, including the guardians who guard So there was a ceremony to set up this court. And later it was named this court. "Rung Por Ruang Shrine", which is probably due to the fact that the back of the shrine is east. (Sunrise) therefore named to have auspiciousness. therefore became the prosperous shrine Therefore, this shrine arose at the same time as Wat Yothanimit and was over 100 years ago even though it had been built 3 times.

Province: Chanthaburi

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