Ubon Ratchathani index  Ubon Ratchathani , Thailand


Site name and description
Wat Phra That Nong Bua, (undetermined age)
A Wat similar to the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya, India.
Wat Supatanaram, (1853)
A riverside Wat.
Wat Thung Si Muang (early 1800s)
A temple noted for its beautiful Tripitaka library.

Ubon Ratchathani town is the capital of the province of the same name.

Bibliography:

All images copyright 2004 Patrick Ziltener, sociologist, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Colgne/Germany, and University of Zurich, Switzerland; pziltener@hotmail.com   

Aasen, Clarence.  Architecture of Siam: A Cultural History and Interpretation
Oxford University Press.  Oxford.  1998

Cummings, Joe.  Thailand
Lonely Planet Publications.  Singapore. 1990

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