Claim: Wat Botum established 1442 was originally named Wat Khpop butbno one wanted to buried here.
Evidence: Wat Botum (Khmer: វត្តបទុម, lit. Temple of the Lotus Blossoms), the official name is Wat Botum Watey Reacheveraram (Khmer: វត្តបទុមវតីរាជវរារាម) literally means The temple of lotus which was built by the king, is a wat (pagoda) located on Oknha Suor Srun Street 7, Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Established by King Ponhea Yat in 1442, Wat Botum is one of the most important and original pagodas in Phnom Penh. The wat was originally named Wat Khpop Ta Yang or Wat Tayawng and at the time of the construction of the Royal Palace in the 1860s, when it was assigned to the Cambodian branch of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya, it was renamed Botum Wathei by monk Kantie Topodae after a former lotus pond on the site. Numerous politician and eminent persons of the city are buried here. Wat Botum Religion King Ponhea Yat 1442