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The bot or ubosot, is where monks are ordained and is built centrally on sacred ground within a Thai wat. The building resembles a viharn but is marked with eight bai sema thus distinguishing it. Inside,  monks gather for prayer and it holds the Temple's most important Buddha images (fig.).

 

 

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