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Wat Hua Khoo (วัดหัวคู้)
Thai. ‘Temple of the
Twisted Head’.
Name of a Buddhist temple of the
Mahanikaai
Sect, that dates from 1866 AD and which is located on a +23
rai
plot of land in the
amphur Bang Sao Thong (บางเสาธง)
in
Samut Prakan
Province, near
Suwannaphum
International Airport. The
temple is also known by the synonymous designation Wat Srisa Khoo
(วัดศรีษะคู้)
and since 1979 AD, it also has the title woraram, i.e.
wararam,
added as an affix to its name. The temple is named after the local
village Hua Khoo and houses a
Buddha image
that reportedly was left in the village as a souvenir by King
Taksin,
who around 1767 AD had
passed by the place when
he to took his troops to
Chanthaburi
to fight off the Burmese and to increase his own forces and fighting
strength with men liberated from the city.
See also QUADCOPTER
PICTURE and
MAP.
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