Wat Saket (Phu Khao Thong) to worship the relics of the Lord Buddha

#tripแจกโรงแรมฟรี 🙏Wat Srakes Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan, a second-class royal temple, is an ancient temple from the Ayutthaya period. It is located on the banks of the Maha Nak Canal, outside the city walls. It was originally named "Wat Srake". 🏚 King Rama I renovated and named it Wat Srakes, meaning to cleanse or cleanse the hair. This is because this temple used to be the place where he performed the royal funeral ceremony when he returned from Cambodia and ascended the throne in 1782. 🏰 During the reign of King Rama III, he renovated and built more buildings, including the Phu Khao Thong pagoda. He modeled it after Phu Khao Thong in Ayutthaya. It was completed in the reign of King Rama V and named it Suwannabanphot. ⛰ On the top of Suwannabanphot is the pagoda, enshrining the relics of the Lord Buddha received from India. It is considered a sacred place and the navel of the city, as well as a symbol of Wat Srakes. Important things in the temple 🏰 Ubosot, the interior walls have original paintings from the reign of King Rama III, renovated in the reign of King Rama VII, enshrining the Buddha in the meditation posture, the principal Buddha image 🛕 Square pagoda, twelve-cornered, made of brick and mortar, surrounding the Ubosot inside the glass wall, totaling 12 statues 🏰 Wihan, built in the reign of King Rama III, the eastern room enshrines Phra Attharosrisuktathotsaphonyanabophit, a large Sukhothai-era bronze Buddha image in the attitude of granting forgiveness, ordered to be invited from Wat Wihan Thong, Phitsanulok Province, the western room enshrines Luang Pho Dusit, a cast Buddha image, gilded in the attitude of subduing Mara 🏚 Ho Trai, a wooden building in the Thai style, built in the reign of King Rama I, originally in the middle of a pond 🏚 Phra Tamnak, near the Ho Trai It is a 7-room hall building, originally the abbot's residence. 🌳 Bodhi Langka invited the sapling of the Maha Bodhi from Bodh Gaya during the reign of King Rama II. 💥 Wat Saket Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan (Phu Khao Thong): Chakkraphat Phong Road, Ban Bat Subdistrict, Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Bangkok 🌐Coordinates: https://maps.app.goo.gl/PzUuwnGyjQBijc6NA 🕢Opening - closing hours: 07.00 - 19.00 🇻🇳Entrance fee: Foreigners 50 baht #Bangkok #BangkokAttractions #BangkokTravel