Wat Bakan
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Wat Bakan (Khmer: វត្តបាកាន, Vôtt Bakan [ʋɔət ɓaːkaːn]) is a pagoda in Trapeang chorng commune, Bakan District of Pursat Province in Cambodia. It is one of the oldest active pagodas in the country, thought to be at least 800 years old.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ History of Bakan Pagoda, Kambuja Soriya Magazine, Volume 2, 2003, Buddhist Institute, Phnom Penh
- ^ "Address by Hun Sen at the Inauguration of the Bakan Pagoda, 13 March 2003". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
12°34′32″N 103°45′59″E / 12.5755°N 103.7665°E
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