Wat Rong Chang is an old temple that dates from the Ayutthaya period in the reign of Phraya Khottrabong. The location used to be an 'elephant's' rest stop and was called 'Khong Chang', chang being the Thai word for elephant. It was inaccurately pronounced later as 'Khlong Chang'. Later when an elementary school was established in the area the name was changed to 'Wat Rong Chang'. Three huge Buddha images were built out in the open in three different postures namely, a seated Buddha in subduing Mara posture, a standing Buddha and a reclining Buddha. There is also a large chedi with an underground crypt to store brick inscriptions of the 84,000 Buddhist rules known as Tripitaka.

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