Wat Tha It
is a
Buddhist temple in
Angthong
with a stunning golden pagoda known as Phra That Chedi
Sri Phoht Thong. It
is named after its location in Ban Tha It (บ้านท่าอิฐ),
and was
built in 1761 in an area where originally there was a
kiln used to make the bricks that were used for the
construction of the nearby
Wat Khun Inthapramoon
(fig.),
with its giant
Buddha image
(fig.).
Whereas ban (บ้าน)
means
‘house’,
it (อิฐ) means
‘brick’
and
tha (ท่า) translates as ‘wharf’. Hence the name
refers to the fact that this place
was once
the wharf from where the bricks were carried to the
construction site.
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