Wat Pahk Nahm Choloh (วัดปากน้ำโจ้โล้)

Thai. ‘Choloh Estuary Temple’. Name of a temple in Chachengsao, located at the confluence, or pahk nahm, of Khlong Tha Lahd (ท่าลาด) and the Bang Pakong River, which is reflected in the name of this temple. The temple was established towards the end of the Ayutthaya period and is today entirely in gold colour. It is one of at least three golden temples in Thailand, the others being Wat Phra Prang Muni in Singburi (fig.) and Wat Pluak Ket in Rayong (fig.). After the fall of Ayutthaya to the Burmese, this area became the battle ground between the invading Mon armies and the liberation force of General —and later King— Taksin, who after liberating the kingdom of the occupation had a memorial stupa built on the westbank of the Bang Pakong River, also at the estuary of the Tha Lahd Canal, but on the opposite side of the temple, i.e. across  the canal. Today, King Taksin's statue stands adjacent of the temple's ubosot, facing the river. See also EXPLORER'S MAP, TRAVEL PICTURES (1) and (2), and WATCH VDO. 回