Wat Klang Raman, or the Monastery at the Midst of the Mon, is an active monastery located off the city island in the northern area of Ayutthaya, in Suan Prik Sub-district. It is situated on the east bank of Khlong Bang Khuat (1), the old Lopburi River in earlier times. The initial name of this temple was Wat Klang Nuea. It can be reached by road No 2003 at Km 5. Wat Pom Raman and the defunct Wat Klang Tai lie in its vicinity.
In 1584 CE, internal troubles arose in Burma. Prince Naresuan, at that time Governor of Phitsanulok, was ordered to assist the Burmese in an expedition against Ava. Nanda Bhureng, King of Burma, thought the occasion favourable to get rid of the Naresuan and instructed two Peguan (Mon) noblemen - Phraya Khiat and Phraya Ram - to ambush him and his army. The plot was revealed to Naresuan by the head monk Thera Khan Chong of the City of Khraeng, and the Black Prince proceeded to Hongsawadi with a considerable army. Most of the population along the border joined him. Learning however that Nanda Bhureng conquered Ava and was returning with his army, he decided to return to Siam, taking with him a large number of prisoners, mostly Siamese, captured by the Burmese in previous wars. After the Battle of the Sittaung River, Prince Naresuan moved back to Ayutthaya. [1]