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Wat Bang Pli Yai Nai is
located on the bank of Klong Samrong in Bang Pli District. The
bot contains the highly revered Luang Poh To, a huge bronze Sukhothai
period Buddha image in the attitude of subduing Mara. On the
fourteenth day of the waxing moon, of the eleventh lunar month,
a replica of the Buddha image is placed on a boat for the Lotus
Flower Receiving Festival (see Festivals). The temple is commonly known as Wat Luang Poh
To.
  
(Above left): The
entrance gate to the bot. (Above right): A view of the temple
grounds from Klong Samrong.
 
(Above left): The
windows around the bot. (Above right): Buddhists making an offering
outside the bot.
 
(Above left): A
replica of Luang Poh To which is put on a boat for the Lotus
Receiving Festival. (Above right): Two nuns selling lotus flowers,
jasmine garlands, candles and incense sticks which are used when
paying homage to a Buddha image.
 
(Above left): Buckets
of neccesities which can be bought to give to the monks as part
of making merit. (Above right): The Buddha images inside the
bot.
 
(Above left): Putting
gold leaf onto Buddha images is one way to make merit. (Above
right): A monk chants some blessing to some Buddhists inside
the bot.
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