Wat Yannawa

Wat Yannawa

      Wat Yannawa is located on the bank of the Chao Phraya River, on Charoen Krung Road, Yannawa District. It was an ancient temple dating from the Ayutthaya Period. Originally named Wat Khok Khwai. In the Thonburi Period it was raised to the status of a royal temple and was renamed as Wat Khok Krabeu. Later, King Rama I ordered the construction of a new phra ubosot.

Wat Prayurawongsawas Woravihara (Wat Prayoon)

Wat Prayurawongsawas Woravihara
(Wat Prayoon)

      Wat Prayurawongsawas Woravihara (Wat Prayoon) is situated near the approach to the Phra Phuttha Yodfa Bridge, on the Thonburi side of the river. Somdej Chao Phraya Barom Maha Prayurawong (Dis Bunnag), or Somdej Chao Phraya Ong-Yai, ordered its construction in 1828. People generally call it Wat Rua Lek because Somdej Chao Phraya Ong-Yai had cast iron fences imported from England and presented them to King Rama III for using in the Grand Palace. The fences, however, were not to the King's satisfaction so Phraya Prayurawong asked that they be used in a temple instead, and in their place, presented the King with a quantity of sugar equal to the iron in weight.

Wat Kalayanamit Woramahavihara (Wat Kalaya)

Wat Kalayanamit Woramahavihara (Wat Kalaya)

     Wat Kalayanamit Woramahavihara (Wat Kalaya) is situated on the bank of the Chao Phraya River, on the Thonburi side, near the mouth of the Bangkok Yai Canal. Chao Phraya Nikorn Bodin (To Kalayanamit) donated his own house and some adjoining land he bought to construct the temple in 1825, which he then presented to King Rama III, who named it Wat Kalayanamit. King Rama III also constructed the phra vihara luang and the presiding Buddha image, Luang Pho To, or Phra Buddha Triratana Nayok. He intended that there should be a large Buddha image near the river, similar to that at Wat Phananchoeng in the old capital, Ayutthaya. Luang Pho To is highly revered, especially by the Chinese, who call it Sampohudkong, or Sampokong. Inside the phra ubosot, which is smaller than the phra vihara, there are murals depicting the lives of the Buddha as well as everyday scenes of life during the Third Reign, which are of artistic and historical value.

     In addition, there is the Monthientham Thaloengprakiat Library Hall, which is the repository of a set of the Tripitaka, or Buddhist scriptures, dating from the reign of King Rama IV.

     In front of the phra vihara luang there is a newly constructed bell tower which houses the largest bell in Thailand. Near the temple entrance there is a beautiful stone chedi called "Tah", that was brought from China.

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