Phutthaisawan Buddha Image Hall (The Royal Palaces and Halls)

Phutthaisawan Buddha Image Hall
(The Royal Palaces and Halls)

     Phutthaisawan Buddha Image Hall formed the front part of Boworn Sathan Mongkhon Palace and was originally called Sutthasawan Buddha Image Hall. It now constitutes part of the National Museum.

      The hall contains beautiful mural  painting stories from t h e life of the Buddha and a group of celestial beings (Thep Chumnum), rare examples of the works of the original Rattan a Kosin artists . The front verandah serves as a ramp for mou nting the royal elephants. The ramp houses a statue of Phra Narai  Song Puen, which King Chulalongkorn had cast in bronze and which was to be placed in front of Ban Puen Palace in Petchaburi Province. However, the casting was not completed until the end of the reign, when it was installed at its present location at Putthaisawan Buddha Image Hall.

     Somdej Phra Bowornraj Chao Mahasurasinghanart had the Sutthasawan Buddha Image Hall constructed to house the Buddha Sihing image. Upon Somdej Phra Bowornraj Chao's death, the image was installed in the temple of the Emerald Buddha.

     Later, King Rama IV brought the Buddha Sihing image back to Sutthasawan Buddha Image Hall and renamed the hall Putthaisawan. Every year during Songran festival, the Buddha Sihing image is taken to Sanam Luang for the public to worship and pour holy water over.

     In 1887 the National Museum was moved from Sala Sahathai Samakhom to the front part of Boworn Sathan Mongkhon Palace.

Constructed in the First Reign, 1795
Located at the National Museum, Na Phra That Road, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok
Tel. +662224-1370


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