Wat Jao Prap วัดเจ้าปราบ
Wat Jao Prap is located in Somdet Phra Sri Nakharin Park (Grandmothers Park), in the southwestern area of the city island. It is near the mouth of Khlong Chakrai Yai. This canal was once an important route for accessing the Grand Palace, and it would have been used by the royalty and others for transportation to the palace.
This monastery's name may refer to a royal dressing area for visiting a temple; and the remains of a Phlabphla or pavilion is still visible in the corner of the site.
An ordination hall is located at this site, and a large bell-shaped chedi is its primary feature (suggesting the Middle Ayutthaya period).
An inner wall surrounds the ordination hall. This wall includes many niches where lanterns or Buddha images could have been placed.
A number of smaller chedi can be seen at this site as well. Two of are the most interesting and are just outside of the inner walls. One is in the late period Khmer-style with many corners. A ...
Sing Buri Province, along the fertile banks of the Chao Phraya River in central Thailand, traces its origins to the ancient Mon-Khmer settlements that flourished during the Dvaravati period, later flourishing under the Ayutthaya Kingdom as a strategic riverine outpost.
The name “Sing Buri” itself derives from local folklore: a mythical lion (singha) spirit is said to have guarded the area, mating with a human woman and fathering a child named Singhapahu, whose lineage symbolically founded the city. This blend of myth and history infuses the region with pride.
Wat Phra Non Chakkrasi Worawihan, a third-class royal temple perched along the ancient Chakra Sri River (now Khlong Bang Ton Pho) in central Sing Buri, embodies the province’s deep pre-Ayutthaya roots, predating the kingdom’s founding in 1351 CE and tying into legends of the lost city of Singh Puri, established around 1107 during the Dvaravati era (7th–11th centuries).
Originally known simply as Wat Phra Non, it was renamed to ...
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Wat Makham Phlong วัดมะขามโพลง is a mid-19th-century riverside monastery on the Pa Sak River in Tha Ruea District, Ayutthaya Province, founded in 1882 (BE 2425) to serve local farming and trading communities.
It received royal consecration of its sima boundaries in 1957 (BE 2500), marking its formal elevation as a parish temple under the Mahanikaya sect.
Local lore credits its enduring vitality to protective Unalom inscriptions, believed to channel the Buddha’s ushnisha curl for path-clearing and prosperity—drawing devotees for prayers on career, fortune, and karmic release.
Excavations in the 1970s by the Fine Arts Department authenticated its Ayutthaya-style elements, though the site blends ancient motifs with 20th-century additions, symbolizing continuity from Siamese resilience to modern Thai Buddhism.
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