Wat That

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Wat That
Native Nameວັດທາດ, វត្តថាតប៉ាសៃ
Alternative nameWat That Pasai, Wat That Paxay, Wat Pha Saysetha, Ban Wat That
BA#L17003
SizeMedium
ConditionTuol
TypeTemple
Location
DistrictSaysetha
ProvinceAttapeu
CountryLaos
Coordinates14.81183, 106.94226
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Site Size & Condition: Medium Tuol Wat That (ວັດທາດ - Pronounced: Wot Tat)


As with other wats in the old Sekong-side town of Saysetha, this one goes by many names. Indeed, as does the town itself since, if we understand correctly, Fang Daeng - or Muang Fang Daeng - was the old name during the French period, when the settlement was a regional administrative centre, (several old colonial-period structures survive in this scenic town), while it is now officially known as Saysetha or Xaisetha.

Wat That is situated on the south bank of the river and is locally renowned for featuring a stupa (that) housing the ashes of celebrated 16th-century Lao monarch King Saysethathirath. The site however is certainly much older and appears to have been constructed on top of an ancient temple site. The wat compound incorporates a small mound topped by a modern Buddhist statue but displaying brick and sandstone fragments while the interior of the vihara reportedly houses a small stupa that seems to have been constructed with ancient bricks laid atop a sandstone pedestal.

Larger sandstone blocks are also reported while an old, unfinished, sandstone Buddha image may date to the Angkor or pre-Angkor period.


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