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Kelzang Express: Episode 1: Salaya Train Station

Salaya is a tambon of Phutthamonthon District, Nakhon Pathom Province, central Thailand, to the west of Bangkok and part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region.

The word Salaya means 'medicine pavilion'. It got this name because in the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV), he ordered the digging of a khlong ('canal'), Khlong Maha Sawat through this area and building a salas ('Thai pavilion') on both banks of the khlong.

Because it is close to Bangkok, Salaya has many important places such as Phutthamonthon, Utthayan Avenue, Mahidol University, Salaya railway station, Thai Film Archive, and the Naval Education Department.
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Phra Pathommachedi complex takes the form of a giant Buddhist mandala

The design of Phra Pathommachedi complex, when viewed from above, takes the form of a giant Buddhist mandala, simultaneously representing the Buddhist cosmology with Phra Pathommachedi in the centre

Located in Wat Phra Pathom Chedi or Phra Pathom Chedi Temple in Nakhon Pathom Province, this is the biggest chedi in Thailand. The current chedi was built in 1853 by the order of King Rama IV of Thailand to cover the old chedi which was believed to date back to the 4th century. The construction of the current chedi was completed in 1870 in the reign of King Rama V, taking totally 17 years. This new Lanka-style bell-shaped chedi is 120.5 meters in height and 233 meters in perimeter. Enshrined within the chedi is the Buddha’s relic. Wat Phra Phatom Chedi was restored again in the reign of King Rama VI and it has become the royal temple of the King. Situated in the north arched entrance of the temple is Phra Ruang Rodjanarith, a standing Buddha image in a Granting Pardon Posture built in the reign of King Rama VI. The royal relics of the King were also enshrined at the basement of the Buddha statue.

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Eight Catholics charged after protest involving church land dispute in appeals court

(27 Mar 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of Catholic demonstrators in front of the court, blocked by riot police
2. Demonstrators in street outside court, passing traffic
3. Mid of demonstrators marching past camera, waving leaves and chanting: (Vietnamese) Innocent
4. Pan of riot police surrounding demonstrators
5. Catholic priest arrives, pushed back by security
6. Various of demonstration
7. Close up of picture of Virgin Mary around demonstrator's neck
8. Mid of Catholic priest
9. Mid of security blocking the entrance to the court
10. Mid of demonstrators walking past the court
11. SOUNDBITE: (Vietnamese) Catholic protester, no name given, Vox pop:
I hope the trial will be conducted fairly.They are innocent and the government needs to compensate for the loss of honour that those defendants had when being convicted last time.
12. Wide of demonstrators holding banner and chanting: (Vietnamese) Innocent, surrounded by riot police
13. Mid of demonstrators seated singing religious song
STORYLINE
Eight Vietnamese Roman Catholics asked an appeals court on Friday to overturn their convictions for disturbing public order and damaging property during a series of demonstrations last year to demand the return of former church lands.
Hundreds of Catholics and dozens of riot police gathered outside a Hanoi court as the proceedings began, with church members carrying signs and chanting prayers for the eight defendants who were convicted and given light sentences in December.
The defendants argue that they were merely exercising their right to free speech and committed no crime.
Seven received suspended sentences ranging from 12 to 15 months, and another received a warning.
They were all given two years of probation.
The sentences came after a series of mostly peaceful vigils near a parcel of land once owned by Thai Ha Church in Hanoi, worth (m) millions of dollars.
The communist government confiscated the plot several years after taking power from the French in 1954.
It was then given to a state-owned garment factory.
Hanoi authorities say the land belongs to the city, claiming a former parish priest signed papers turning it over in 1962.
Church members insist they have documents that prove the land was never turned over.
Catholics outside the courthouse on Friday morning carried signs saying, Justice! Truth! and You are victims, and chanted Innocent!
A priest speaking through a megaphone urged them to remain calm and warned them not to interfere with the police.
Last year's vigils were a bold step in a country where church-state relations are often tense and the government frowns on public protests of any kind.
The defendants were arrested after they knocked down a section of the wall surrounding the property and set up an altar and a statue of the Virgin Mary last August.
Authorities then turned the land into a public park.
Last year, Catholics also held vigils at a second valuable parcel of land in central Hanoi, the site of the former Vatican embassy, which closed after the communist government took power.
With more than 6 (m) million followers, Catholicism is the second largest religion after Buddhism among Vietnam's 86 (m) million people.
Vietnam has often come under international criticism for its record on religious and human rights.
But in recent years, relations between Catholics and the government have begun to improve, emboldening church members to assert themselves more.
Vietnam and the Vatican have been discussing the possibility of re-establishing diplomatic relations.


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