A town in northern Uttaradit Province’s Tha Pla District has resurfaced after spending 45 years under water.
Ban Huai Ta Tai, which was submerged during the construction of the Queen Sirikit Dam in 1968, was reborn when the water level hit its lowest point following four months of zero rainfall. The draught revealed the remnants of the Ban Huai Ta Tai population that lived there almost half a century ago.
A 70-year-old former Ban Huai Ta Tai resident, Lub Kansarn, bursted into tears when he saw the city’s temple complex that he and other villagers had helped construct. At the age of 25, Lub together with inhabitants in four other towns moved out of the Dam’s construction area to higher grounds arranged by the local government and never returned to their birthplace.
On the Buddhist Lent Day next Tuesday, former Ban Huai Ta Tai residents will gather at the temple to hold a prayer candle lighting ritual.
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