Wat
Wat Sovann Mony Sarkor Khmer Krom
Wat Sovann Mony Sarkor Khmer Krom is a Theravada Khmer Buddhist temple in Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand.
History
In 1994 about 300 ethnic Khmer from Vietnam came to New Zealand from the Thailand-Cambodia border, with two monks. The monks lived at Wat Khemaraphirataram, then in Mangere, until they left the monkhood two years later. Most of the group settled in Auckland and Nelson and formed the Khmer Krom Association. In 2001 the association bought a property in Mangere for $163,000 for its Wat, named Sovann Munni Sakor. The community brought the Buddhist canon (the Tripitaka) from Cambodia, had four monks by 2007 and built a vihara (shrine hall) that year.[1]
Community
The temple serves the Khmer Krom community, ethnic Khmer from the Mekong Delta, and keeps Khmer Krom heritage alongside its religious life. The Wat follows the Cambodian Theravada tradition and is affiliated with the Khmer Krom Association.[2]
Associations
Khmer Krom Association Incorporated
(operating organization).[3]
Registration identifiers: Charity (New Zealand): CC55898; earlier CC37980.
Registered at 36 Hain Avenue, the Wat's address.