Wat Rakhangkhositaram Woramahavihara (Wat Rakhang)

Wat Rakhangkhositaram Woramahavihara
(Wat Rakhang)

     Wat Rakhangkhositaram Woramahavihara (Wat Rakhang) is situated on the Thonburi side, opposite Tha Chang Wang Luang Pier. Wat Rakhangkhositaram was originally called Wat Bang Wa Yai and was an ancient temple built during the Ayutthaya Period. King Taksin raised its status to that of a royal temple and had it used as the site of a Buddhist council to recompile the tripitaka. In the First Reign, an ancient bell was discovered on the temple grounds and since that time the temple has been known as Wat Rakhang, or the Temple of the Bell. King Rama I had the bell, which had good tone, removed to Wat Phrasrirattana Sassadaram.