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{{Short description|Buddhist temple in Phnom Penh, Cambodia}}
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'''Wat Botum''' ({{lang-km|វត្តបុទម}}, lit. ''Temple of the Lotus Blossoms''), the official name is '''Wat Botum Wattey Reacheveraram''' ([[Khmer language|Khmer]]: វត្តបុទមវត្តីរាជវរារាម) literally means ''The temple of lotus which is built by the king'', is a [[wat]] ([[pagoda]]) located at Oknha Suor Srun Street 7, Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh, [[Phnom Penh]], [[Cambodia]]. It is to the south of the [[Royal Palace, Phnom Penh|Royal Palace]] on the western side of Wat Botum Park.<ref name="GM">{{cite map|title=[[Google Maps]]|publisher=Google|accessdate=14 January 2011}}</ref>
'''Wat Botum''' ({{langx|km|វត្តបទុម}}, [[Romanization of Khmer#UNGEGN|UNGEGN]]: {{transliteration|km|Vôtt Bâtŭm}}, [[Romanization of Khmer#ALA-LC Romanization Tables|ALA-LC]]: {{transliteration|km|Vatt Padum}} {{IPA-km|ʋɔət ɓɑːtum|}}; lit. 'Temple of the Lotus Blossoms'), the official name is '''Wat Botum Vatey Reachavararam''' ({{langx|km|វត្តបទុមវតីរាជវរារាម|link=no}}) literally means "The temple of lotus which was built by the king", is a [[wat]] ([[pagoda]]) located on [[Phnom Penh]], [[Cambodia]]. It is to the south of the [[Royal Palace, Phnom Penh|Royal Palace]] on the western side of Wat Botum Park.<ref name="GM">{{cite map|title=[[Google Maps]]|publisher=Google<!--|access-date=14 January 2011-->}}</ref> Wat Botum is a Khmer Buddhist pagoda in Phnom Penh, built by [[King Ponhea Yat]] (1405-1467) in the 15th century, located south of the [[Royal Palace of Cambodia]]. This pagoda is one of the five oldest pagodas in [[Phnom Penh]] with ancient origins.

== Name ==
'''Wat Botum Watey''' is officially named '''Wat Botum Watey Reacheveraram'''. This temple is the former '''Khpob Ta Yang pagoda''', Because this is the land of '''Ta Yang''', he is a farmer. which is one of the five pagodas built by King [[Ponhea Yat]] in 1434. In 1865, King [[Norodom of Cambodia|Norodom]] began to rebuild the temple of Wat Khpob Ta Yang, and he changed his name to Wat Botum Watey Reachveraram, which means "'''the temple of the king with a lotus flower as a fence.'''" Today, this temple is abbreviated as Wat Botum Watey or Wat Botum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ក្រសួងព័ត៌មាន |url=https://www.information.gov.kh/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.information.gov.kh}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[File:05-Wat Botum-nX-14.jpg|thumb]]
Established by King [[Ponhea Yat]] in 1442, Wat Botum is one of the most important and original [[pagodas]] in Phnom Penh. The wat was originally named '''Wat Khpop Ta Yang''' or '''Wat Tayawng''' and at the time of the construction of the Royal Palace in the 1860s, when it was assigned to the Cambodian branch of the [[Dhammayuttika Nikaya]], it was renamed Botum Wathei by monk Kantie Topodae after a former lotus pond on the site.<ref name="Harris2008">{{cite book|last=Harris|first=Ian|title=Cambodian Buddhism: History and Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVnMxVz_Bg8C&pg=PA108|accessdate=14 January 2011|date=May 2008|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-3298-8|page=108}}</ref><ref name="KN">{{cite web|url=http://khmernews.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/wat-botum/|title=Wat Botum|publisher=Khmer News|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref> Numerous politician and eminent persons of the city are buried here.<ref name="Zepp1997">{{cite book|last=Zepp|first=Raymond A.|title=A field guide to Cambodian pagodas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VmbYAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=14 January 2011|year=1997|publisher=Bert's Books|page=40}}</ref> Also, many prominent Cambodian [[bhikkhu]]s have been ordained at the wat. [[You Bo]] and the [[Khmer Writers' Association]] have their headquarters at the wat.
Established by King [[Ponhea Yat]] in 1442, Wat Botum is one of the most important and original [[pagodas]] in Phnom Penh. The wat was originally named '''Wat Khpop Ta Yang''' or '''Wat Tayawng''' Originally, it was called '''Wat Khpob Ta Yang''' because this is the land of '''Ta Yang''', the plantation owner. and at the time of the construction of the Royal Palace in the 1860s, when it was assigned to the Cambodian branch of the [[Dhammayuttika Nikaya]], it was renamed Botum Wathei by monk Kantie Topodae after a former lotus pond on the site.<ref name="Harris2008">{{cite book|last=Harris|first=Ian|title=Cambodian Buddhism: History and Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVnMxVz_Bg8C&pg=PA108|access-date=14 January 2011|date=May 2008|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-3298-8|page=108}}</ref><ref name="KN">{{cite web|url=http://khmernews.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/wat-botum/|title=Wat Botum|publisher=Khmer News|access-date=14 January 2010|date=8 November 2006}}</ref> Numerous politician and eminent persons of the city are buried here.<ref name="Zepp1997">{{cite book|last=Zepp|first=Raymond A.|title=A field guide to Cambodian pagodas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VmbYAAAAMAAJ|access-date=14 January 2011|year=1997|publisher=Bert's Books|page=40}}</ref> Also, many prominent Cambodian [[bhikkhu]]s have been ordained at the wat. [[You Bo]] and the [[Khmer Writers' Association]] have their headquarters at the wat. Later, during the reign of [[Srey Sokunbat|Samdech Preah Sokun bat]] and later kings, Phnom Penh abandoned Phnom Penh to build a new city in Tuol Basan in 1508, and other places, '''Khpob Ta Yang pagoda''', the construction was quiet until it became a pagoda. In the forest, not even a single monk lives and has been abandoned by the locals for hundreds of years, his name is known only in the royal genealogy, while the real location is a tabernacle with a leaf and a stone pillar. A boundary in a high hill <ref>{{Cite web |title=ប្រវត្តិ វត្តបទុមវតីរាជវរាម-ហោត្រៃ |url=http://www.haotrai.com/kh/%E1%9E%8A%E1%9F%86%E1%9E%8E%E1%9E%B9%E1%9E%84%E1%9E%95%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%84%E1%9F%97/90/%E1%9E%94%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%B7-%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%94%E1%9E%91%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%87%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%98 |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=គេហទំព័រហោត្រៃ}}</ref> forest nearby, from the east, has a small, long hut where Tayong digs water to irrigate his crops, and the locals often come to fetch this water to use. Until 1865, [[King Norodom]] abandoned Udong to build [[Phnom Penh]] for the second time. He ordered that timber be transported from Udong to build a temple on the hill. To the west of the pagoda, pour the soil, expand the hill and dig the old ditch deeper than before, and then plant lotus trees in the ditch of the three corners of the pagoda. The name from '''Wat Khpob Ta Yang''' to '''Wat Botum Vatey''' Reachvararam means the presence of the lotus as a fence, the best temple of the king forever. Later, in 1887, [[king Norodom]] received the Bodhisattva tree and the relics of the Buddha from Sri Lanka, and he celebrated the three-day ceremony to plant the Bodhisattva tree in front of '''Wat Botum Vatey Reachvararam'''. In 1909, during the reign of King Sisowath, Samdech Preah Mongkul Tepachary Eam celebrated the burial ceremony of the relics and relics at the upper level, while the relics of Samdech Preah Sokuntheathipady were buried at the lower level in the main stupa which was built by Samdech. 33 meters high, quadrangular in shape, south of the temple (called the 8-way stupa), there are small stupas accompanying all four corners, each 6 meters high, with towers on all four corners, highlighting the ornate design. In 1937, during the reign of King Sisowath Monivong, wat began to dismantle the old temple and build a new one.

== Location ==
Among the '''4676''' pagodas (as of 2014) and the many monuments that are revered by the [[Cambodian people]], '''Wat Botum Vatey''' is one of the most sacred pagodas in the [[Kingdom of Cambodia]] with a related history. With the emergence of Phnom Penh. This pagoda is 260 meters long from west to east and 202 meters wide from north to south, located in [[Daun Penh section]], [[Phnom Penh]].
[[File:05-Wat Botum-nX-32.jpg|thumb|Wat Botum Watey Reacheveraram, Phnom Penh]]


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Latest revision as of 08:46, 9 November 2024

Wat Botum
វត្តបទុម
The facade of Wat Botum
Religion
AffiliationTheravada Buddhism
Location
LocationOknha Suor Srun St. (7), Sangkat Chaktomuk, Daun Penh District, Phnom Penh
CountryCambodia
Wat Botum is located in Cambodia
Wat Botum
Location within Cambodia
Geographic coordinates11°33′34″N 104°55′54″E / 11.55944°N 104.93167°E / 11.55944; 104.93167
Architecture
FounderKing Ponhea Yat
Completed1442
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Wat Botum (Khmer: វត្តបទុម, UNGEGN: Vôtt Bâtŭm, ALA-LC: Vatt Padum [ʋɔət ɓɑːtum]; lit. 'Temple of the Lotus Blossoms'), the official name is Wat Botum Vatey Reachavararam (Khmer: វត្តបទុមវតីរាជវរារាម) literally means "The temple of lotus which was built by the king", is a wat (pagoda) located on Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is to the south of the Royal Palace on the western side of Wat Botum Park.[1] Wat Botum is a Khmer Buddhist pagoda in Phnom Penh, built by King Ponhea Yat (1405-1467) in the 15th century, located south of the Royal Palace of Cambodia. This pagoda is one of the five oldest pagodas in Phnom Penh with ancient origins.

Name

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Wat Botum Watey is officially named Wat Botum Watey Reacheveraram. This temple is the former Khpob Ta Yang pagoda, Because this is the land of Ta Yang, he is a farmer. which is one of the five pagodas built by King Ponhea Yat in 1434. In 1865, King Norodom began to rebuild the temple of Wat Khpob Ta Yang, and he changed his name to Wat Botum Watey Reachveraram, which means "the temple of the king with a lotus flower as a fence." Today, this temple is abbreviated as Wat Botum Watey or Wat Botum.[2]

History

[edit]

Established by King Ponhea Yat in 1442, Wat Botum is one of the most important and original pagodas in Phnom Penh. The wat was originally named Wat Khpop Ta Yang or Wat Tayawng Originally, it was called Wat Khpob Ta Yang because this is the land of Ta Yang, the plantation owner. and at the time of the construction of the Royal Palace in the 1860s, when it was assigned to the Cambodian branch of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya, it was renamed Botum Wathei by monk Kantie Topodae after a former lotus pond on the site.[3][4] Numerous politician and eminent persons of the city are buried here.[5] Also, many prominent Cambodian bhikkhus have been ordained at the wat. You Bo and the Khmer Writers' Association have their headquarters at the wat. Later, during the reign of Samdech Preah Sokun bat and later kings, Phnom Penh abandoned Phnom Penh to build a new city in Tuol Basan in 1508, and other places, Khpob Ta Yang pagoda, the construction was quiet until it became a pagoda. In the forest, not even a single monk lives and has been abandoned by the locals for hundreds of years, his name is known only in the royal genealogy, while the real location is a tabernacle with a leaf and a stone pillar. A boundary in a high hill [6] forest nearby, from the east, has a small, long hut where Tayong digs water to irrigate his crops, and the locals often come to fetch this water to use. Until 1865, King Norodom abandoned Udong to build Phnom Penh for the second time. He ordered that timber be transported from Udong to build a temple on the hill. To the west of the pagoda, pour the soil, expand the hill and dig the old ditch deeper than before, and then plant lotus trees in the ditch of the three corners of the pagoda. The name from Wat Khpob Ta Yang to Wat Botum Vatey Reachvararam means the presence of the lotus as a fence, the best temple of the king forever. Later, in 1887, king Norodom received the Bodhisattva tree and the relics of the Buddha from Sri Lanka, and he celebrated the three-day ceremony to plant the Bodhisattva tree in front of Wat Botum Vatey Reachvararam. In 1909, during the reign of King Sisowath, Samdech Preah Mongkul Tepachary Eam celebrated the burial ceremony of the relics and relics at the upper level, while the relics of Samdech Preah Sokuntheathipady were buried at the lower level in the main stupa which was built by Samdech. 33 meters high, quadrangular in shape, south of the temple (called the 8-way stupa), there are small stupas accompanying all four corners, each 6 meters high, with towers on all four corners, highlighting the ornate design. In 1937, during the reign of King Sisowath Monivong, wat began to dismantle the old temple and build a new one.

Location

[edit]

Among the 4676 pagodas (as of 2014) and the many monuments that are revered by the Cambodian people, Wat Botum Vatey is one of the most sacred pagodas in the Kingdom of Cambodia with a related history. With the emergence of Phnom Penh. This pagoda is 260 meters long from west to east and 202 meters wide from north to south, located in Daun Penh section, Phnom Penh.

Wat Botum Watey Reacheveraram, Phnom Penh

Photo

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References

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  1. ^ Google Maps (Map). Google.
  2. ^ "ក្រសួងព័ត៌មាន". www.information.gov.kh. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ Harris, Ian (May 2008). Cambodian Buddhism: History and Practice. University of Hawaii Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-8248-3298-8. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Wat Botum". Khmer News. 8 November 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  5. ^ Zepp, Raymond A. (1997). A field guide to Cambodian pagodas. Bert's Books. p. 40. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  6. ^ "ប្រវត្តិ វត្តបទុមវតីរាជវរាម-ហោត្រៃ". គេហទំព័រហោត្រៃ. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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