New ubosot in Sakon Nakhon in HM's honour

The Supreme Patriarch will provide full backing for the construction of an ubosot or ordination hall to mark the auspicious occasion of His Majesty's 84th birthday this year.

The project's adviser Phra Rat Rattana Mongkhon said yesterday that the ubosot would be built at Wat Pa Phuttha Nimit Sathit Simaram in Huai Yang village of Sakon Nakhon province's Khok Sri Suphan district.

The monk said the hall would be 7 metres wide and 15 metres long, large enough to house 50 monks. The construction of the ubosot is expected to cost Bt1 million. Two earthen dwelling units would also be built at the cost of Bt100,000 each.

Phra Rat Rattana Mongkhon said the Secretariat to the Supreme Patriarch would bring soil from holy Buddhist sites in Nepal, India and Pakistan to be mixed in with the materials used to build the ubosot. Prisoners will do the construction work. He added that the Supreme Patriarch would provide a jade statue of the Buddha brought from India to be placed inside the ubosot.