News Forum - Worshippers in central Thailand journey through floods to get to temple

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Buddhist worshipers in central Thailand are journeying through massive floods to get to their temple. The area around the Wat Ban Phat temple in Ayutthaya province’s Bang Pa-in district has had a water level of 1.5 metres. Temple-goers are taking boats to get to the temple. Photos by Nation Thailand also show temple-goers crossing a rather rickety looking wooden walkway.  The water level in Bang Pa-in has been rising after flow through the Chao Phraya Dam in Chain Nat increased to 3,113 cubic metres per second due to weeks of heavy rain and runoff.  One 66 year old woman, Samlee, […]

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