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  Wat Beung Latthiwan

 

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Wat Beung Latthiwan, is a Buddhist temple affiliated with the Mahanikaya monastic order, located in Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya.

 

It features a large-scale model of the Maha Bodhi Pagoda (fig.) in Bodh Gaya that rises from a giant lotus base, symbolising the site where the Buddha attained Enlightenment.

 

  Wat Beung Latthiwan

 

  Wat Beung Latthiwan

 

Balustrades depict the Churning of the Ocean of Milk, with the panel on the right showing the asuras using the serpent Ananta as their stirring rope (fig.).

 

In a field opposite the temple’s entrance stands an unfinished building crowned by a large white Buddha statue seated in the dhammachakka pose, poised upon a pinkish-red lotus base.

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  Wat Beung Latthiwan