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Wat Kudi Dao is located in front of the railway station to the east, this old monastery has beautiful work with better craftsmanship than many other temples, but it has deteriorated to a high degree.
There is no historical record of this temple’s establishment, though its date is usually placed in the early Ayutthaya period. Many researchers suspect that it was constructed on the foundation of an earlier temple that predates Ayutthaya. King Boromkot (1733-1758) made many renovations at this temple even before ascending to the throne. The two story royal hall to the north is where he lived while inspecting progress. Wat Kudi Dao is located on the eastern loop of temple clusters. Few tourists travel to this part of Ayutthaya, although it is only a quick bike ride away. Wat Kudi Dao is a very extensive ruin with a number of architectural structures. Its highlights are a massive Langka-style chedi, which is broken in pieces around the courtyard and colonnades of enormous pillars with their lotus shaped capitals still intact.
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2010-06-04 17:46:22
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FFF
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 Kudidao monastery, now in ruins, was built during the reign of King Narai (1656-1688), and restored in 1711 by Crown Prince Boromakot, who became King Boromakot in 1732. It is a good example of Late Ayutthaya style.
Pictured in this photo is a hall (bot) of the monastery that has been partially restored in modern times. The lean of the building walls, which is obvious in this photo, was intentionally designed to compensate for an instability of the ground underneath the platform.
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2010-06-04 22:43:56
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TT
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 A parallelogram building, the width is 14.10 meters and the length is 27 meters. The main entrance faces to the east. There are 2 gates at the front and same as the back. On each long side walls there are 3 rectangular gaps.
This building stands on the foundation that slightly curves at the middle of the long side as the junk which is the typical late Ayutthaya structures.
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2010-06-04 23:03:56
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tt
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 Tumnak Kummalean:
This building is a parallelogram building with two floors, shown as the western influence, the width is 14.60 meters and the length is 30 meters. The walls, both upstairs and downstairs have arches curves like lotus petal.
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2010-06-04 23:07:18
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tt
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 The archaeologist supported that this building used to be a residential building of King Boromagot when he was the viceroy and restored this monastery in 1711.
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2010-06-04 23:13:48
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tt
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 inside Viharn.
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2010-06-04 23:23:25
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tt
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 the principal chedi
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2010-06-04 23:24:06
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tt
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 ruined chedi
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2010-06-04 23:28:14
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tt
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 broken chedi
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2010-06-04 23:31:53
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tt
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 The principal chedi is situated between Viharn and Thamnak.
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2010-06-04 23:36:50
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tt
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The low wall:
The parallelogram brick wall, surrounded Bhuddhist area, has 102 meters width and 142 meters length with 2 curve arches in the each side. It is the straight wall decorate with lotus pedestal shape on the top and each corners reduced 12 angles.
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2010-06-04 23:39:09
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tt
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 pole in viharn
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