Wat Bang Kung (วัดบางกุ้ง)

Thai. Name of an ancient temple in Samut Songkhram, which dates from the Ayutthaya period and was once used as a military camp for Siamese navy troops during the 1765 war against the invading Burmese, of which the many historical statues, including warriors, soldiers practicing traditional Thai martial arts, such as muay thai, and canons, scattered around the temple's compound still witness today. The temple's ubosot is now overgrown by three, over 200 year old ton sai, i.e. ‘banyan trees’, that attached their root systems to the bot's outer walls, completely engulfing it. It houses a Buddha image known as Luang Pho Ninmanih (นิลมณี), which is in Sukhothai style and is seated in the maravijaya pose. See also POSTAGE STAMP, TRAVEL PICTURES (1), (2) and (3), WATCH VIDEO, and MAP. 回