Ancient Ayutthaya temple floodedSoldiers build a temporary bridge for monks and worshippers visiting Wat Chula Manee after the temple in Bang Ban district of Ayutthaya province was flooded. (Photo: Sunthong Pongpao)AYUTTHAYA: A Buddhist temple built in 1750 during the Ayutthaya period has been flooded after a flood prevention wall collapsed on Sunday morning. A section of the wall on the southern side of Wat Chula Manee in Bang Ban district collapsed at about 5.30am after the Chao Phraya river overflowed, inundating communities around the temple. The grounds of the ancient temple were left 2 metres under water, damaging about 20 pagodas containing ashes of local residents' ancestors. That water runs into the Pa Sak river running through Tha Rua, Nakhon Luang and Phra Nakho Si Ayutthaya districts, and many riverside communities were flooded.
