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Chedi Yot Khao Phloi Waen   
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 Description:   “Kao Ploy Wan” is another desiring desdination for tourists of which is a significantly historical place of Tumbon Ploy Wan, Amphoe Ta Mai, Chantaburi Province. The reason why the place is called “Ploy Wan” meaning valuable gems is that topography of this area is both plain and mountainous and surrounding land naturally contains colorful valuable gemstone, e.g. ambers, emeralds and rubies. 
“Wat Kao Ploy Wan” is a small temple located at the foot of Kao Ploy Wan Hill, Moo 4 Baan Huay Ra Ka, Tumbon Ploy Wan, Amphoe Ta Mai and it was built by Phraya Chantaburi named Song Muang in the reign of King Mongkut. Inside the temple there is a staircase upwards to the top of the hill where two amazing building lie: a stupa containing relics of the Buddha and a mon dop containing the foot of the Buddha. The temple was registered as an archeological site in 1987.
The stupa is round Lankan shape at the height of 15 meters and was built in 1836 according to stone inscription on the hill engraving that it was built at date of 711 Chunlasakaraj 1198 the Monkey Year; the bulding was made of bricks and cement in width of 4 arms, length of 6 arms 3 elbows. King Chulalongkorn had Phraya Pichaitibhadisri Ronnaronkruechai (Phraya Chantaburi) filled the stupa with relics of the Buddha and named it “Rattanakiri Chedi.” Nowadays its foundation was renovated to be at width of 6 arms, length of 7 arms 3 elbows.
 The mon dop is at the top of the hill near the stupa. Its base is 4 arms 2 elbows in width and it is in shape of four-square 7 arms in height. Inside the building there is a replica of foot print of the Buddha built in 1928 to replace the original one which is a broken laterite foot print now well preserved. The view point at the top of Ploy Wan Hill is a fascinating destination after climbing 600 bright green-springlike-surrounding steps to reach it. You can see all around Chantaburi Province from here: city of Chantaburi at the foot of Sra Bap Hill in the west, Lam Singha in the southeast and households’ orchards beautifully standing in line in the northeast.
Traveling guide to Wat Kao Ploy Wan:
Take Ta Chalab Street to Baan Taneab from Chantaburi until Kilometer 3 then turn right and take Highway Number 3147 until passing Kai Noeng Wong for about 2 kilometers, you will find a health station on your left, turn right and go straight 2 further kilometers.
(Arm and elbow are Thai unit of measurement: 1 arm equals 1 meter and 1 elbow equals 50 centimeters.)
 
 Province   Chanthaburi  Direction:      
 District   Tha Mai    
 City   Bo Phu  Comments:      Official Web:    
 Genre   Religion      Related links:    
 Best exposure   AM-PM          
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 Entry fee   Free     Coordinates:    12.606547 N 102.039276 E  
                     
                     
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