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Historical Park North
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Avasa Yai |
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Wat Awat Yai is at the northern end of the Aranyik area, near
the north entrance and the information center. Like most of the
other temples, it is dated to the fifteenth or sixteenth
centuries. As was typical for temples of its day, the temple had
a large platform which supported the main prayer hall (wiharn)
and behind this was a tall bell-shaped pagoda (chedi). Only the
base of the chedi still exists at Wat Awat Yai, but it suggests
the height of the pagoda must have been quite impressive.
The wiharn is flanked in front by two L-shaped platforms,
each supporting several small pagodas. Further away from the
wiharn to the east is a large rectangular pond. It's quite deep,
which suggests it was also a well. When the temples of the
Aranik were built, all people had to do was dig down three or
four meters through the layer of laterite that provided the
building materials for the temple to hit the water table. You
will see many wells in the compounds of most of the temples.
Owing to the large area covered by the temple, as well as
the generous size of the monk's cells (kuti) it's assumed that
Wat Awat Yai was the home of senior monks. |
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