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The old wihaan is built
adjacent to a large fig tree with sprawling branches and aerial
roots, under which some
Buddha images and
a statue of
Rahu
standing on
Garuda,
are placed. |
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Wat Khae |
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In the back garden
is a statue of
the monk
Luang Poo
Khong, who was a teacher
here to
Khun Phaen. He seated on
the back of a giant hornet,
located underneath a large hornet's nest that hangs from
an adjacent tree. |
Due to it association with this story,
the temple's compound has turned
its garden
into a kind of theme park with statues of the protagonists
and main characters from this romance. |
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Wat Khae |
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Wat Khae |
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Additionally, the garden also has a collection of
bronze statues of senior monks that are depicted meditating
under gilded
koht
umbrellas.
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