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When the land was transferred to them, Khun Yai invited the entire Dhammaprasit group to see the place for the first time - because many had contributed funds to buy the land without ever having seen it. When they caught sight of the plot of land which was barren paddy fields across the whole of its extent as far as the eye could see, many couldn't imagine how it could ever be transformed into a huge temple. The level of the land in the paddy fields was three metres lower than it needed to be. Thus the pioneers needed to dig out the canal bed and to raise the level of the ground as 'islands' above the level of the water in the paddy-fields. The islands needed to be at least six metres wide and needed containment piles to give them the required shape. A dredger with volunteers from the Irrigation Ministry was used for this work. It would dig down for three-and-a-half metres and the soil dredged would be heaped-up to form new islands. The canals already in existence needed to be filled in. Having dug out the canals in the eighty-acre area, Ven. Dhammajayo invited all the supporters of Dhammaprasit House to take a tour round the eighty acre site in the Irrigation Ministry barge. Once the supporters saw the plans of the temple falling into place, everyone got together to contribute the funds necessary for building the first kutis on the site. At the time when the temple was being established, Khun Yai wasn’t yet resident there. However, when she visited, her daily routine at the temple would be quite regular. She would rise at about 3.00 a.m. to sit for meditation to facilitate the