Wat Samdach

located on the eastern side of the pagoda of Wat Samdach there is a small shrine housing an ancient lintel, over to the south there has been an arrangement of the remains in memorial of the ancient site. To the east of that is a memorial to all those who lost their lives during the extreme and torrid events of past years.

The lintel is painted in gold color and sits underneath a Buddhist statue, and has a table in front which is not mine to touch so I held the camera underneath and took a terrible photo of a tiny Indra on Airvata.

The remains of the temple are collected in a central memorial while pedestals are used around the site for planter boxes.

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