Wat Wora Chet The Ram - วัดวรเชษฐาราม
This Temple is behind the royal palace inside the city wall to the west. Accoring historical records this temple was built by King Ekathotsarot in 1593 the year King Naresuan the Great died while leading an army to attack Burma. In honor of his elder brother the king built a large crematorium here and 10,000 monks were invited to
the Royal cremation.
The main ancient shrine of the temple is a large brick and mortar bell shaped stupa. Inside the temple wall there are many buildings that were used for religious ceremony’s.
Wat Worapho (Wat Rakang วัดระฆัง)
Wat Wora Pho is located in the west of Cha Krai Ya (Klong Toh) canal. It is unknown when it was built or by who. Records indicate that Phra Si Sin who later become King Song Tham (1620-1628) was a high ranked monk at this temple. So the temple was built before the reign of King Song Tham. Formerly. the temple was know as Wat Rakang or the temple of the ...
The ruin commonly identified as Wat Worapho, also known by its earlier name Wat Rakhang or the Monastery of the Bell, stands directly west of the former Grand Palace within the Ayutthaya Historical Park.
It forms part of a protected cluster of restored ruins that also includes Wat Worachettharam and Wat Lokaya Sutha, and it is most easily reached from the western side of Khlong Tho. The site occupies a large area that once stood on the north bank of Khlong Fang and the west bank of Khlong Pak Tho, with traces of a surrounding moat still visible in places though partially obscured by later road construction.
The precise date of the monastery’s founding remains uncertain, yet it clearly predates 1600. The Royal Chronicles first record it in connection with the ordination of Prince Si Sin around 1602. While living as a high-ranking monk there under the title Phra Phimontham Anantapricha, the prince gained renown as a Buddhist scholar deeply versed in the scriptures and royal manuals. His scholarly ...
Wat Sam Wihan, also known as the Monastery of the Three Preaching Halls and formerly called Wat Sam Phihan, is an active Buddhist temple located north of the historic city island in Ayutthaya Thailand.
It stands near the junction of Khlong Hua Ro and Khlong Mueang, along what was once the course of the Lopburi River, opposite the site of the former Maha Chai Fortress.
The temple is said to have been established around 1377 during the reign of King Boromracha I (also known as Khun Luang Phra Ngua), in the early years of the Ayutthaya Kingdom. According to traditional accounts, Mom Luang Chi Dam and her two younger brothers, Chao Fa Khao and Chao Fa Khiao, all of royal descent, founded the monastery as a place to enshrine the ashes of their mother and other relatives. They divided the construction among themselves, with Mom Luang Chi Dam responsible for the reclining Buddha and its vihara.
The ordination hall received its boundary stones around 1387. The name reflects the original presence of three viharas ...
Khlong Toei wet market, or Talad Khlong Toei, occupies a sprawling site along Rama IV Road in Bangkok’s Khlong Toei district, a short walk from the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre and Khlong Toei stations on the MRT Blue Line.
The name of the surrounding area recalls an older canal once bordered by fragrant pandan leaves, though much of that waterway was long ago filled to expand the road network.
Today the market forms a dense, labyrinthine complex of permanent stalls under pavilions and open-air lanes where vendors spread their goods under umbrellas, and porters weave carts through crowds of shoppers and the occasional motorbike.
Its history is bound up with the creation of Bangkok Port in the same district. After the Second World War the World Bank helped finance a modern container facility on the Chao Phraya River, one of the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, to handle Thailand’s growing agricultural exports. Migrant workers from Isan, the South, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and ...
