Organization
Wat Bouddharam (Coutiches)
Wat Bouddharam (វត្តពុទ្ធារាម) was listed as a Khmer Buddhist pagoda in Coutiches, near Lille in the Nord department of France.[1] The pagoda's association, the Association Wat Bouddharam (A.W.B.), is registered in Coutiches.[1]
History
The association's registered aims are to protect and promote Buddhist culture and to help people learn to speak and write Khmer. It also sets out to teach Khmer ethics, culture and civilization and to offer meditation. It aims to give material help to elderly people without support and to bereaved families who cannot afford a ceremony, and to help organize ceremonies in the Khmer tradition. Its aims also include establishing a pagoda to serve as a gathering place for Buddhist ceremonies with monks and for learning the Khmer language.[1]
Community
Another Khmer pagoda in the Lille area, Wat Khemararam Lille, is listed at 32 Rue Horace Vernet in Roubaix.[2][3]
Associations
Association Wat Bouddharam (A.W.B.)
(operating organization).[4]
Legal name: Association Wat Bouddharam (A.W.B.).
Registration identifiers: RNA (France): W595029471.
Religious association registered in Coutiches. The page already stated that the pagoda is run by this association; the record gives no published contact.
See also
- Wat Buddharam, a different temple in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Pchum Ben 2026 program
- All organizations
References 4
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Association Wat Bouddharam (A.W.B.), association record (RNA W595029471)
- ↑ Temple News, Khmer Buddhist Temples in the Republic of France (October 31, 2011)
- ↑ National Cambodian American Organization, Cambodian National Directory (August 29, 2014)
- ↑ Assoce.fr, Association Wat Bouddharam (A.W.B.), RNA W595029471
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