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Wat Klang Worawihan is
located in Tambon Paknam. It was built towards the end of the
Ayutthaya period in 1767 A.D. It was then known as Wat Takoh
Thong. It was later given the name of Klang, meaning central,
because it is halfway between two other important temples: Wat
Pichai Songkram and Wat Nai Song Wihan. During the reign of King
Rama III, the main bot, or ordination hall, was renovated. The
gable of the hall is of stucco design and decorated by porcelain.
On the walls, on the inside, are murals depicting the story of
Pathom Sompothikatha. Also in the temple grounds is a mondop
containg four footprints of the Buddha and a sala kanparien which
is a small meeting hall made of teak wood. This wat is the centre
for Education of Buddhism in Samut Prakarn.
  
(Above left): The
old bot, or ordination hall, built in 1767. (Above right): The
gables are decorated with porcelain plates.
 
(Above left and
right): The Buddha images in the old bot now in a really bad
state.
 
(Above left): Pavilion
with Buddha image. (Above right): Mondop, containg a Buddha footprint.
 
(Above left): The
new bot. (Above right): The cloisters surrounding the new bot.
 
(Above left): A
monk sitting on the steps of the cloisters. (Above right): A
close-up of the carvings on the teak wood door to the bot.
 
(Above left and
right): The windows of the bot.
 
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