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Wat Amphawan is located in Phrom Buri sub-district along Highway
36 at km 130. It is famous for insight meditation. Phra
Ratchasuthi Yan Mongkhon (Luang Pho Charan Thitathammo) is the
abbot. Most people hardly know the name of the temple but
mentioning about Luang Pho Charan sounds familiar. Currently,
people who are interested in Dharma, always worship Luang Pho
and practice Dharma vigorously. The temple has a large
almshouse, where new and fresh food is served daily to folks.
Its surrounding is clean and well-taken care.
Wat
Amphawan, an ancient temple in Phrom Buri district, Sing Buri
province has been the former name since the Ayutthaya Period. It
was inscribed in Chinese language on the stone inscription
evidence of the former ordination hall that the hall was built
by Chinese people in Meng Xiao Period who used a ship to do
business with Somdet Phra Narai Maharat in Lop Buri along with
Dutch people. They parked it in front of the temple and built an
ordination hall in the period, in which its abbot was Phra Khru
Yannasangwon, aged 99.
After the ordination hall had been built, an expat of Chinese
friends asked for two Phra Nak Pok Hin images from Somdet Phra
Narai Maharat so that Chinese people could keep them in the
ordination hall until the new ordination hall was built. The
temple has been continuously repaired and maintained.
Subsequently, it is honored to be a model temple by the
Department of Religious Affairs.
To get there: Since the
temple is famous, it is convenient to travel by private cars by
taking Asia Road at km 78. Turn left to the temple and reach the
checkpoint in the middle of the road on the right hand (Sing
Buri Highway Maintenance District Office) or taking a bus from
Bangkok to Sing Buri or from Bangkok to Wat Sing district,
getting off at the entrance to the temple and taking a
motorcycle taxi to the temple or taking a pickup truck of Sing
Buri-Wat Trachu if you come from Mueang Sing Buri district.
Besides, a van service from the Victory Monument to In Buri is
provided hourly until 5.30 pm at the Century Department Store. |
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Phrom Buri |
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Phrom Buri |
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14.82315 N |
100.43958 E |
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