Floodwaters from Khlong Song have inundated Wat Sai Mai's grounds to depths exceeding 60 centimeters, while the storage room beneath the prayer tower is submerged under 5 meters of water. Monks are urgently reinforcing sandbag barriers to prevent further flooding. The crematorium is also affected, forcing postponement of funerals.
On 26 Sep 2026 GMT+7, reporters noted that heavy rains in Pathum Thani province caused water levels in Khlong Song to rise and overflow the embankment behind Wat Sai Mai in Khu Khot Subdistrict, Lam Luk Ka District. The temple is adjacent to Khlong Song near the border between Pathum Thani and Bangkok, leading to widespread flooding around the temple grounds.
Phra Kru Sophonphattharawet, D.D. (Luang Pho Odd), the Lam Luk Ka district chief monk and abbot of Wat Sai Mai, along with more than 10 monks from the temple, urgently filled sandbags and built barriers at the rear of the temple to block floodwaters from Khlong Song from entering critical temple areas, especially the Buddha viharn, ordination hall, and the Buddhist scripture school beside the temple.
Inspection revealed floodwaters around the temple reaching approximately 60 centimeters. Meanwhile, the storage room located underground beneath the prayer tower was flooded to the point of submerging the entrance, with water inside reaching about 5 meters deep. This caused extensive damage to items stored there, including religious ritual equipment borrowed by devotees, electrical appliances, and fans that were submerged and damaged.
Phra Kru Sophonphattharawet, D.D. (Luang Pho Odd), abbot of Wat Sai Mai, appealed for public cooperation and volunteer support to donate sandbags and assist in filling and transporting them. This is to expedite constructing a flood barrier at the back of the temple, adjacent to Khlong Song, to prevent water from further entering vital temple areas.
Additionally, the funeral hall and crematorium area were flooded to depths of about 70 centimeters, forcing suspension of funeral chanting ceremonies and postponement of cremations due to complete flooding of the crematorium grounds.
Meanwhile, as monks rushed to build sandbag barriers, devotees continued arriving to offer alms to the monks. Despite waterlogged entrances, people waded through the floodwaters to make merit and offer food, with some sitting to present offerings near the temple entrance amid ongoing flood conditions that require close monitoring.
