Wat Chong Nonsi is an Ayutthaya era temple. It’s located in the Chong Nonsi Subdistrict of Bangkok. It’s very near the Chao Phraya River on the east side.
The temple is thought to have been founded in 2119 of the Buddhist calendar or 1586 AD (437 years ago).
The Fine Arts Department registered it as an important national historical site. In 1979, the temple's Ubosot was opened to visit on Makha Bucha Day. Visakha Bucha Day and Ajarha Bucha Day. These are the only times it will be opened to the public. The site also has had some theft of valuable Buddha objects making it even harder to be allowed inside.
The story of how the temple was named is very interesting.
The name "Chong Nonsi" is derived from a folklore titled "Legend of Lord Uthong" (ตำนานท้าวอู่ทอง). It is said that, Lord Uthong (not to be confused with King Uthong of Ayutthaya) and his wife with his soldiers escaped from Uthong because of cholera. During his journey, he took a rest at a...
Wat Worachettharam วัดวรเชษฐาราม is located directly west of the Royal Palace. It is situated in a park that includes Wat Lokaya Sutha and Wat Rakhang (also known as Wat Worapho).
Wat Worachettharam is a large, restored ruin with many architectural structures on site. One of its primary features is a large bell-shaped chedi that is constructed in the classic middle Ayutthaya period style. The spire contains about 25 rings, and its harmika is fully intact, including spire and supporting colonnade. The chedi sits upon a reconstructed platform.
In front of the chedi is a sermon hall. This vihara has been rebuilt to the basic foundation layer, which includes some partial walls and columns. A large Buddha image sits on the altar in the taming mara pose. The ubosot lies north of the wihan.
This roofless building has all its walls intact and there is evidence that ceramic plates were once placed within the stucco of the gable. A second Buddha image sits on the altar in the taming ...
Wat Pho, known as the Monastery of the Bodhi Tree, stands as a relatively well-preserved temple ruin off the city island of Ayutthaya. The site lies in an area once called Thung Kaeo, positioned between the remains of Wat Kuti Thong and Wat Wong Khong. Flooding can make access difficult during the rainy season.
The monastery was originally approached by water along a now-filled canal known as Khlong Wat Pho, which appears on historical maps from the early twentieth century and likely connected to other local waterways such as Khlong Pha Lai. A ferry once operated across the old course of the Lopburi River from the Ten Cowries Landing near Wat Thammikarat on the city side. Traces of a surrounding moat remain visible in places.
What survives on the ground consists of the restored ruins of an ordination hall and a sermon hall, together with the foundations of four smaller chedis, all enclosed by an outer wall of the type known as a crystal wall. These principal structures are aligned east-west, with ...
Wat Sangka Tha วัดสังขทา
Wat Sangkha Tha is located on the city island in the southwestern part of Ayutthaya. The temple is licsted in the Somdet Phra Sri Nakharin Park. Wat Sangkha Thae and Wat Chedi Yai are nearby Wat Chao Phram and several other ruins are located just east of here.
Being part of the Somdet Phra Sri Nakharin Park the ruin has been restored by the Fine Arts Department. The site consists of two monastic structures, an ordination hall and a wihan, both with a chedi.
Two other monastic structures are also nearby. A wihan called Wat Sangkha Thae or the "Monastery of the True Monkhood" and likely a bell or drum tower.
The whole complex is surrounded by a moat. All buildings were probably originally part of one temple but early maps show them as two seperate temples.
Its historical background and period of construction are unknown with most records being destroyed during the fall of the city to the Burmese in 1767. The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya mention an important ...
