Ancient Khmer-style Prangs,old Pagodas And Ruins At Wat Mahathat,Phra Nakorn Sri Ayutthaya,Thailand.A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Stock Image

Wat Mahathat, “the temple of the Great Relic” was a Royal monastery located close to the palace and one of the most important temples in the Ayutthaya Kingdom. Located on the historical island.The large monastery features a huge central prang, a very large principal viharn and ubosot and a great number of subsidiary chedis and viharns. The upper part of its once massive central prang has collapsed. Today only the base remains.One of the temple’s most photographed objects is the head of a stone Buddha image entwined in the roots of a tree.