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 WAT CHANG LOM - THAILAND 
  
Wat Chang Lom is located within the old town of Si Satchanalai ( Sukhothai )  with
a huge bell-shaped chedi of Ceylonese influence, supported by 39 elephants, with 4 of 
them at 4 cardinal points elaborately decorated, marks the center of the Wat.
Some of them  are still recognizable today. The main pagoda was built between AD 1285 - 1291 by the King Ramkhamhaeng.
Above the chedi's base, there are niches enshrining image of the Buddha subduing Mara.
  
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