Wat Mahathat photos photo copyrighted by: Brian McMorrow Wat Mahathat: Located in front of the grand palace to the east near Pa Than Bridge.
It was contructed in the reign of King Borom Rachathirat I. Wat Mahathat was a royal monastery and has been the seat of the Sangaraja, the head of the Buddhist monks of the Kamavasi sect, since the time of the Mahathera Thammakanlayan, who was a contemporary of King
Borommarachathirat I, who built the wat.
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