Wat Chet Yot

Based on the Mahabodhi Temple

What we say:

This wat was purportedly based on the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, India, although those who have seen the 'original' may be a little nonplussed by this interpretation. (The duplicate in Ubon Ratchathani is a finer copy.) Each of the seven spires represents one of the seven weeks that Buddha spent in enlightenment in Bodhgaya.

Constructed during the rule of King Tilokaratcha in 1455, the wat hosted the 8th World Buddhist Council meeting in 1477, held in order to revise the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism.

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How to get there: It's a bit of a slog out to this temple which is best reached by local transport. It is towards the National Museum on the highway bypass road.

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