Wat Phraya Tham - Ayutthaya Era Temple in Bangkok
The historic structure, nicknamed the “Giant Stupa” for having four giant sculptures surrounding it is a historic temple in the Bangkok Noi area of the city. The unique structure was being restored when part of it collapsed injuring 11 and killing 1 worker in 2018.
The temple is a third class royal monastery built in the late Ayutthaya era. The temple was formerly called Wat Nak. It was later restored by Chao Phraya Rattanathibet (Kun) and renamed Wat Phraya Tham in dedication to Thai King Rama II.
The temple was restored again during the reign of King Rama III. The whole temple was restored during this renovation including the bell tower/ naga stupa.
The temple features an ordination hall and 2 chedi (pagodas) that are built in the Thai style popular during the reign of King Rama I. There is also a large chedi with 12 indented corners built in front of the ubosot.
Inside the hall there is a wooden pulpit with Kanok motif wood ...
Wat Nok, known as the Bird Monastery, stands as a restored temple ruin within the heart of Ayutthaya Historical Park, nestled on the southwestern corner of the far larger Wat Mahathat. Its proximity is so intimate that visitors often assume it forms part of the neighboring complex, yet Wat Nok possesses its own distinct architectural character and independent history.
Oriented along an east-west axis, the site preserves the foundations of a preaching hall together with renovated traces of its walls and pillars. Several headless Buddha images in the Taming Mara posture rest upon the altar area.
Nearby rises a substantial prang like chedi that echoes Khmer forms while displaying the multiple redented corners and elaborate eastern portico crowned by a secondary prang that mark the late Ayutthaya style.
This tower retains some of the finest surviving stucco in the city, including geometric patterns, partial standing Buddha figures within niches, a headless mythological figure on one corner, and ...
Port FC and Rasisalai United opened the 2026/27 Thai League 1 season at Buriram City Stadium in a matchup that highlighted the gap between established top flight pedigree and rapid upward mobility.
Port, one of Thailand’s oldest professional clubs, traces its roots to 1967 when it was founded as Port Authority of Thailand FC. Nicknamed the Port Lions, the Bangkok side enjoyed early dominance with multiple Kor Royal Cup titles in the late 1960s and 1970s, along with Queen’s Cup and FA Cup successes, and has remained a consistent presence in the modern Thai League 1 era with strong recent finishes, domestic cup wins, and continental qualifications.
Rasisalai United, by contrast, is a much younger club founded only in 2019 in Sisaket province’s Rasi Salai district. Built on community support and a modest budget, it climbed quickly through the amateur ranks, claimed the Thai League 3 title in 2024/25, and then won the Thai League 2 championship in 2025/26 to earn promotion to the top flight ...
Wat Talat Nuea, also known simply as Wat Nuea, stands as a quiet historical temple on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand.
Founded on January 6, 1888, and granted its royal consecration boundary on January 16, 1897, the temple occupies ground that once served as a bustling floating market where boats traded goods along the river. Its name, meaning Northern Market Temple, arose because another temple known as Wat Talat Tai, or Southern Market Temple, stood nearby.
Though modest in scale, the site carries a deeper historical weight through its connection to an ancient Buddha image that predates the temple’s formal establishment by centuries.
At the heart of Wat Talat Nuea is Luang Pho Samphao Thong, a bronze Buddha image more than three hundred years old, crafted in the late U Thong style. The figure sits in the Mara-Vijaya posture, its surface lacquered and gilded, with a lap measuring about sixty centimeters.
Local tradition holds that this sacred image...
