Wat Bakan
Abbot Ven. Lay Korn
​វត្ត​​បាកាន

ព្រះចៅ​អធិ​ការ ព្រះ​តេជគុណ​ឡាយ កន
ស្ថិត​នៅក្នុងខេត្ត​ពោធិ៍សាត់​ ព្រះ​រាជា​ណាចក្រ​កម្ពុជា
Located in Pursat province, Cambodia.

Photos courtesy The Koh Santepheap News Sunday the 9th Waxing Moon of Visakha B.E.2555, April 29, A.D.2012 Year of the Rabbit

Located in Phnom Kravanh district, Pursat province, Cambodia.

Located in Sampov Meas district, Pursat province, Cambodia.

Abbot Ven. Khean Khorn
Located in Jek Jao village, Kampong Po commune Kroko district, Pursat province, Cambodia.

Located in Prey O Mal village, Roleab commune, Pursat provincial town, Pursat province, Kingdom of Cambodia.
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Located in Banteay Dey commune, Pursat provincial town, Pursat province, Cambodia.

Located in Boeng Khnar, Bakan district, Pursat province, Kingdom of Cambodia.

Located in Kbal Trach commune, Krokor district, Pursat province, Kingdom of Cambodia.

Located in Phnom Trongel commune, Kravanh district, Pursat province, Kingdom of Cambodia.

Uddong means ‘Victorious’
Dates back from the early 7th century A.D.
Mount Udong is the former capital city of Cambodia from A.D.1618 – A.D.1866 before the capital was relocated to the present Phnom Penh.
Udong is now the official resting place of the most sacred of the Buddha’s relics possessed by Cambodia.
Located in Ponhea Leu district, Kandal province, Cambodia.

Another map of Kandal province, Cambodia:  mapKANDAL

Former temple of Khmer national hero Oknha Krala Homkong when he was in monkhood and abbot of this temple in A.D.1852 during the French colonial administration. Located in Ponnhea Leu district, Kandal province, Cambodia.

Located in Tep Pranom village, Vihear Hluong commune, Ponhea Leu district, Kandal province, Cambodia.

Wat Lakhanaram
Located in Kampong Hluong commune, Ponhea Leu district, Kandal province, Cambodia.

Located in Phsar Daek commune, Ponhea Leu district, Kandal province, Cambodia.

Wat Peam Mongkol
Located in Roka Kaong 1 commune, Mukh Kampoul district, Kandal province, Kingdom of Cambodia.

Located in Prek Ta Meak commune, Khsach Kandal district, Kandal province, Cambodia.

វត្តមុនីសុវណ្ណ ចំពុះក្អែក ហៅវត្តចំពុះក្អែក ស្ថិតនៅក្នុងសង្កាត់ព្រែកថ្មី ខណ្ឌមានជ័យ រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា
Wat Sovann Jompus Ka-Ek also known as Wat Jompus Ka-Ek
Located in Prek Thmei commune, Meanchey district, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

2556 2012 Vassa or Rain Retreat. Photo courtesy KPT News

Vassa (from Pāli vasso, Sanskrit varṣaḥ, both “rain” – Burmese: ဝါတွင်း, Burmese pronunciation: [wàdwín]; Khmer: វស្សា or ព្រះវស្សា; Lao: ພັນສາ [pʰán sǎː], sometimes ວັດສາ [wāt sǎː]; Thai: พรรษา, phansaa), also called Rains Retreat,^[1] or Buddhist Lent^[2], is the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada practitioners. Taking place during the rainy season, Vassa lasts for three lunar months, usually from July (the Burmese month of Waso, ဝါဆို) to October (the Burmese month of Thadingyut သီတင်းကျွတ်).^[3]

For the duration of Vassa, Bhikkhus remain inside monasteries and temple grounds.^[4][5] In some monasteries, monks dedicate the Vassa to intensive meditation.^[4] Some Buddhist lay people choose to observe Vassa by adopting more ascetic practices, such as giving up meat, alcohol, or smoking.^[3] While Vassa is sometimes casually called “Buddhist Lent“, others object to this terminology.^[4]

Vassa is followed by Kathina, a festival in which the laity expresses gratitude to monks.^[6][7] Lay Buddhists bring donations to temples, especially new robes for the monks.^[6][7][8]

The Vassa tradition pre-dates the time of the historical Buddha.^[3] It was a long standing custom for mendicant ascetics in India not to travel during the rainy season as they may unintentionally harm crops, insects or even themselves during their travels.^[4]

Many Buddhist asectics live in regions which don’t have rainy seasons^[7] and therefore Vassa is not observed worldwide.^[7]

^{Courtesy Wikipedia}

Located in Khsach Kandal district, Kandal province, Cambodia.

Located in Lvea Em district, Kandal province, Cambodia.

Located in Lvea Em district, Kandal province, Cambodia.