Wat Ounalom

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Wat Wat Ounalom

Wat Ounalom from the east.
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Denomination Theravada Buddhism
(Thammayut sector)
Founded 1443
Country Cambodia

Wat Ounalom (also Wat Onalaom and several other spellings) is a wat located on Sisowath Quay in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, near the Royal Palace of Cambodia.[1]It is the most important wat of Phnom Penh, and the center of Cambodian Buddhism. It was established in 1443 and consists of 44 structures.[2][2] It was damaged during the Khmer Rouge but has since been restored.[2] The main complex has a stupa which contains what is believed to be an eyebrow hair of Buddha and an inscription in Pali.[2]

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ray, Nick (2005). Cambodia. Lonely Planet. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-74059-111-9. Retrieved 14 January 2011. 

Coordinates: 11°34′4″N 104°55′47″E / 11.56778°N 104.92972°E / 11.56778; 104.92972

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