Wat Nangtra (Wat Phra Nangtra)
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Wat Nang Tra, formerly known as Wat Phra Nang Supattra, is a temple that was built for about 1,800 years. Phra Chao Sri Thammasok brought blessings of the Buddha's relics from the Indian subcontinent and built a chedi in Nakhon Si Thammarat To contain the Buddha's relics, news of the chedi's construction spread to the Srivijaya Kingdom in Sumatra, where a princess was named Sumatra was very fond of Buddhism and desired to join in building a pagoda with 300 junk boats along with the wealth of his servants traveling from Sumatra to Nakhon Si Thammarat. As the journey approached, the boat capsized together with the construction of the pagoda has been completed She saw that nearby Chaiyaphum was suitable for building a temple, so she built it and named it "Wat". Queen Supattra call each other briefly Only Wat Nang Tra remains from the building which remains to be seen today; showing prosperity in the past, such as churches, chedi, surrounded by a moat that the villagers call Don Tham Niab

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