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Wat Buddhasamakeevanaram

Coordinates: 32°24′25″N 93°35′23″W / 32.40694°N 93.58972°W / 32.40694; -93.58972
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Wat Buddhasamakeevanaram is a Thai Theravada Buddhist temple located in Bossier City, Louisiana. The temple belongs to the Dhammayuttika Nikaya order. It is the first Thai temple established in the state of Louisiana.

History

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The temple was formed in 2003 to serve the religious needs of the Thai, Laotian and Vietnamese communities in the Shreveport-Bossier Area. It was incorporated in the state as a nonprofit religious corporation on November the following year.

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32°24′25″N 93°35′23″W / 32.40694°N 93.58972°W / 32.40694; -93.58972