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Wat Ratchabophit

Wat Ratchabophit, Thailand · built 1869

Wat Rajabopit (pronounced [wát râːt.tɕʰā.bɔ̄ː.pʰít]), or formally Wat Rajabopit Sathitmahasimaram Ratchaworawihan (This is the correct official spelling in English), is a Buddhist temple on Fueang Nakhon Road, Bangkok, along Khlong Khu Mueang Doem, not far from Wat Pho and the Grand Palace. The temple was built during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). The abbot of the temple is Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana, the current Supreme Patriarch of Thailand.

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