Wat Wiwekwayuphat, Ayutthaya (Royal Monastery)

Location of Wat Wiwek Wayuphat, Khlong Chik Subdistrict, Bang Pa-in District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Royal Monastery, Third Class, Mahanikaya Sect History of Wat Wiwek Wayuphat Wat Wiwek Wayuphat was built in 2400 by the villagers. It was originally a hermitage with two huts located on Laem Khung, called Wat Chong Lom. Later, water eroded the bank near the hut pillars. In 2435, Mr. Aiem, a villager in the village of Chik, asked the monks and the villagers to move the temple to his rice field on the northern side. He built a chapel, a sala, and three more huts, with Phra Suwannawimolsin (Nu), the abbot of Wat Suwannadararam, as the director of the construction, and Phra Phiksu Mek of Wat Kamphaeng as the leader. #FamousAyutthayaTemples #TemplesNearBangkok #WatLuangPuLong