Temples

Wat Buon Muk

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located 7km south of Battambang city and to the east of the Sangker River.

Wat Kampong Seima 

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the southern side of Battambang central and west of the Sangker River.

Wat Pacha 

Contemporary monastery and pagoda in central Battambang, located on the east side of the Sangker River and east of Wat Sangke.

Wat Kor

Contemporary monastery and pagoda that was founded in the early 1900s, located on the southern side of Battambang central. It is one of the more beautiful pagodas in Battambang featuring lush grounds and a pagoda of the classical Battambang style with a few quirks all of its own. Wat Kor village is an older village … Read more

Wat Thommikaram

A new pagoda under construction on the south side of central Battambang city – photo is the temporary prayer hall while the pagoda is being constructed. Photos: Aug 2023

Wat Kuntakod

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the east side of Battambang city, just north of the airport strip. The monastery grounds feature several stupa and chedi with the pagoda finished in luminous gold, nicely contrasted by its deep red walls.

Wat Po Veal – Battambang (Wat Bovil)

Also recorded as Wat Bovil. Contemporary monastery and pagoda in the heart of Battambang city, east of the river, and south of Wat Po Knong. There are two pagodas here, that replaced an earlier pagoda reportedly founded in the early 19th century. In the 1930s the pagoda also featured a Pali school, Pali being the … Read more

Wat Sophy 

Contemporary monastery and pagoda, of Battambang style with a porched roof, also featuring two grand, tall pavilions. Located in the northeast of Battambang city and on the west bank of the Sangker River.

Wat Balat  

Contemporary monastery and pagoda in the northeast of Battambang city and on the west bank of the Sangker River. It features beautiful decorative wood reliefs in its pediments, I am not sure of the age, but perhaps around mid to late-1900s.

Wat O Trea

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located 600m to the northwest of Wat Samrong Knong in Battambang.

Wat Phnov

A contemporary monastery and pagoda located around 1km north of Wat Samrong Knong on the east side of the Sangker River in Battambang. It’s built in the mid-1900s Battambang style and features a nice garden with…dinosaurs. Cambodia has some dinosaur-related discoveries in Koh Kong Province, while Battambang has an ancient marine fossil site at Phnom … Read more

Wat Keo

With an auspicious name, Wat Keo, on the north side of Battambang city and the east side of the Sangker River, features an old pagoda that is immediately followed by a contemporary pagoda to its south. Unusually, the site is orientated to the north along a north-south axis while traditionally pagodas, and ancient temples too, … Read more

Wat Sopheas

Also recorded as Wat Sopheas Raingsey, it’s a contemporary monastery and pagoda that houses numerous remnants of a 7th-century pre-Angkorian temple site/s. The remnants include lintels, an inscribed stele, and several sandstone plinths, all concreted onto a platform, perhaps for their own security. A pedestal and a lion’s head can also be seen nearby. Inscription … Read more

Wat Kdang Nga

A contemporary monastery with a pagoda of the mid-1900s Battambang style and also on the monastery grounds, a stupa of that era, and a beautiful Khmer colonial-period building. Located in Kvit Village on the east side and south of the Sangker River, north of central Battambang city.

Wat Preaek Luong

A small, contemporary monastery and pagoda located just east of the Sangker River, around 8km north of central Battambang city. The site houses a collection of remnants from an ancient temple. The pagoda may date to around the mid-late 1900s and apparently, features some beautiful and interesting murals on its internal walls as noted by … Read more

Wat Sna Pi Mouk

A small, contemporary monastery and pagoda located just east of the Sangker River, north of central Battambang city.

Wat Prek Krauch

A contemporary monastery and pagoda located north of central Battambang and west of the Sangker Rver.

Wat Svay Chrum 

Also noted as Wat Svai Chrum, is a contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the west side of the Sangker River, about 7km north of central Battambang city.

Wat Ek Rainsy

Also noted as Wat Ek Rungsey, is a contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the west bank of the Sangker River, about 8km north of central Battambang city. It houses a replica of the chaitya object seen at Wat Kdol Don Teav and also remnants from the vihara preceding the pagoda we see today, including … Read more

Wat Sdei Sampov Meas 

A contemporary monastery and a very beautiful pagoda located about 9km north of central Battambang city on the west side of the Sangker River. It was built in the Battambang style of the mid-late 1900s.

Wat Soamanoas 

A contemporary monastery and a very beautiful pagoda located just to the southeast of Wat Phnom Ek and around 7km north of central Battambang city on the west bank of the Prek Daun Teav (Daun Teav stream). It was built in the Battambang style of the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Inside, it features beautiful classical-style … Read more

Wat Rumduol 

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the west bank of the Sanker River in central Battambang.

Wat Liep 

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the west bank of the Sanker River in central Battambang. Also recorded as Wat Leap.

Wat Chroy Mates

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located in Thmor Koul District, Battambang Province. There are two pagodas here, one dating back to the mid-1900s, and immediately to its east, a larger modern pagoda. The older pagoda is of course quite special, featuring several unique elements. Sadly it wasn’t open on the last visit, so hopefully we’ll have … Read more

Wat Thom (Mongol Borei District)

Contemporary monastery and pagoda, also known as Wat Kandal, located at the northern end of Phnom Toch in Mongol Borei District. Also see Wat Phnom Toch which is located at the southern end of the mountain. Photos: Red Dot Tour Feb 2022. Up a separate staircase, there is a series of graves and at the … Read more

Wat Phnom Toch (Mongol Borei District)

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located at the southern end of Phnom Toch in Mongol Borei District. Photos: Red Dot Tour Feb 2022 Continue up to the top of the mountain and there are several lookouts, chedi, and small shrines to wander around.

Wat Phnom (Mongkol Borei)

Also recorded as Wat Kiri/Wat Phnom Prasat. It’s a contemporary monastery and pagoda that also houses relics of an ancient temple (Prasat Phnom Thom). Directly east is the cave of Phnom Thom Cheung. Photos: Red Dot Tour Feb 2022

Wat Po Rieng

A quirky and unusual pagoda located in Ou Prasat Commune of Mongkol Borei District. I dropped by here in Feb 2022 (see Red Dot Tour) although at that time it was still under construction with the seemingly sole monk working tirelessly on the creation of a Walt Disney-style Buddhist pagoda. Dropping by again in August … Read more

Wat Russey Krok

Located just south of Mongkolborei market and the Mongkolborei river, Wat Russey Krok (or Wat Ruessei Kroak) is a beautiful pagoda of the Battambang style that originated in the early to mid-1900s.

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