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  Wat Asokaraam

 

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Wat Asokaraam, a Buddhist temple in Samut Prakan, is named after the Indian-Mauryan Emperor Asoka, who ruled India from 273 to 232 BC and during whose reign Buddhism was adopted as the state religion and promoted throughout his empire.

 

The temple features an Asoka the Great Monument (fig.), as well as an Asoka Pillar in the form of a tall sandstone column with a single statue of a lion (fig.), similar to the pillars this ruler had erected throughout his vast empire after his conversion to Buddhism, in order to propagate the teachings of the Buddha.

 

  Wat Asokaraam

 

  Wat Asokaraam

 

The temple's wihaan, i.e. the main prayer hall, houses a replica of the Phraphutta Chinnarat Buddha image (fig.) in Phitsanulok. The temple's  compound is also home to the Phra Thutangkha Chedi (fig.).

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