Temple (Wat) Rat Prakhong Tham at Bang Yai in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand

Wat Rat Pra Khong Tham is near a canal-side where the atmosphere of Thai folk cultural waterside still remains in Sao Thong Hin sub-district, Bang Yai District, Nonthaburi province. This temple is one of the most popular Buddhist tourist attentions in Nonthaburi. It was built in about 1713. At first, people around there called it 'Wat Khang Khao'. After that, in 1950, it was renamed 'Wat Prakhong Tham' and also received royal granting of land to the temple in 1962.