Weird Wat in Korat

For some months now we've seen very slow construction going on at what looks like a chedi or wat just poking up over the trees off Mittrapap Highway.

I decided I'd try to find the place to see what it was. But, it seemed impossible to find. Any roads leading in the correct direction were either dead end or ended up heading the wrong way.

Well, yesterday I finally got to the place by turning in to the Queen Sirikit Sericulture center and following a car as it wound it's way through the grounds.

The place is strange. There is no proper road leading into it anywhere; no gate, no signs, nothing. I asked a woman on the grounds what the name of the wat was and she had to think a while and then said it was "Wat Pha" or maybe "Wat Pha Sa Lo". Much later I located a sign just off a secondary road which says that the wat is named:

https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...0506/wat06.jpg

Here are some more photos of the wat. The grounds appear to be very old. The structure under construction is only partly finished and is in a very eclectic style that just doesn't fit in with anything I've ever seen:

https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...0506/wat01.jpg

https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...0506/wat02.jpg

https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...0506/wat03.jpg

https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...0506/wat04.jpg

https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...0506/wat05.jpg

BD are you sure its not a place disguised as a wat.. where "you know who" holds t3rror!st?

guantanamo is under a lot of pressure and
'they' can't keep their prisoners airborne flying them around Eastern Europe in C-130 prison planes for ever

think about all the frequent flier miles these guys could accumulate if under normal circumstances!

nice photos btw

The colour scheme and choice of cars says it all

Did somebody slash the tyres on those cars?

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Originally Posted by Dougal

Did somebody slash the tyres on those cars?

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No, I think they've just gone flat. Never used. In the background the one under the grey cover is a classic old Mercedes. The one in the middle of the three lined up is an old Volvo.

Anyone able to pronounce the Thai name? Ms. B couldn't quite figure it out.

Wat daen songop asopanam?

The whole place was so weird.

My Wifey says

Wat Daen Sangop Arsaparam

Daen Sangop means peaceful place

^
Thanks. At least I wasn't too far off. Still a beginning reader....

shouldn't this be in the disgusting buildings thread?

You fans of weird wats please have a look at the weird wat in this thread:

Wat Bha Rak Roi

I'm terribly disappointed that no one seems to have an interest in it.

I think it is Wat Sa-ngop A-sa-bha-ram. Ohh yeah, I agree with Thetyim.

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Originally Posted by buadhai

I'm terribly disappointed that no one seems to have an interest in it.

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Give me a couple of days and I will post some piccies of a wat near me.