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High medieval · Hindu · Thailand

Wat Kamphaeng Laeng

Mueang Phetchaburi, Phetchaburi · 13.1056°, 99.9561°

Uma (consort of Shiva)Khmer (Angkor)Khmer, Bayon and Lopburi
Sacred since
1200 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1200-1250 (Jayavarman VII)
Khmer (Angkor)

History & significance

A walled Khmer complex of four laterite towers and a cruciform shrine built in the reign of Jayavarman VII, the westernmost surviving Khmer sanctuary in Thailand. An image of Uma recovered here in 1956 marks its Hindu foundation; the site later became a Buddhist wat.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Khmer (Angkor)