Wat Suthat Bangkok Thailand 🇹🇭

#thailandtrip Wat Suthat (also known as Shanjian Temple) was ordered to start construction by King Rama I in 1807. Rama I intended to imitate the practice of using a temple as the capital center of Ayutthaya and turn this temple into the center of Bangkok. Finally, from 1847 to 1848, it was built after three generations of kings. It is one of the nine major prayer temples in Thailand (the other eight are Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho, Wat Chana Songkhram, Wat Rakhang, City Pillar Shrine, San Chao Pho Suea, Wat Arun, and Wat Kalayanamitr The murals in the temple are gorgeous, and they are the essence of Thai art, with a high status. The carving of the main entrance of the hall was personally designed and carved by King II. The statue of Shakyamuni Buddha enshrined in the seminary is 8 feet tall and was transported by ship from Sukhothai Prefecture. It was a work from the 14th century during the reign of Tamara I of the Sukhothai Kingdom; After the death of Emperor VIII, his ashes were buried on the pedestal of this statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, and the statue was placed in the northwest lower floor of the main hall.