After the Buddha footprint near Saraburi was found and a temple was built, King
Songtham hired
Dutch engineers to build a road from
Tha Ruea to
Wat Phra Phutthabat to make the pilgrimage there easier. Elephants did the heavy lifting. When the elephants got sick, they were cured at Wat Khok (later called Wat Khok Ban Mo and Wat Ban Mo finally), which thus gave the district its name. Because
Ban Mo literally means "home of doctor". ==Geography==