Wat Prayurawongsawat

Wat Prayurawongsawas is a second-class royal temple of the Worawihan type. The temple has been renovated, resulting in the temple receiving the 1st prize (Award of Excellence) for the renovation project of Phra Borommathat Mahachedi. Wat Prayurawongsawas for cultural conservation in the Asia-Pacific region by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Located near the foot of Phra Phutthayotfa Bridge on the Thonburi side, the temple has the temple registration number 24, Prachathipok Road, Wat Kalayan Subdistrict, Thonburi District, Bangkok. It was built during the reign of King Nangklao, Rama III, by Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Prayurawong (Dis), who was a strong believer in Buddhism. He dedicated the coffee garden in Kudi Chin Subdistrict, which was the land granted by the King to establish it as a temple for monks and laymen to study the Dhamma and practice Dhamma. In the year of the Rat, Chula Sakarat 1190 (B.E. 2371), it took more than 8 years to build and was completed in B.E. 2379 (B.E. 2379). There was a temple celebration on January 13, B.E. 2379, which was a Friday, the 7th day of the waxing moon of the 2nd lunar month. According to the evidence that appears in the Royal Chronicles of Rattanakosin, the reign of King Rama III, by Chaophraya Thiphakonwong (Kham Bunnag), the son of Somdet Chaophraya Borom Maha Prayurawong, who recorded that “When it reached the year 1198 of the Monkey Era, the 13th year, on Friday, the 7th day of the waxing moon of the 2nd lunar month, Chaophraya Phra Khlang held a celebration at Wat Prayurawongsawas. The monks in the temple got a 5-inch gun with broken bullets and left it in the temple. They told me to use it to make a fire to light it....” This also corresponds to the message in the memoirs of American missionaries entering Siam by Dr. Dan Beach Bradley, who wrote in the memoirs that “Today, there is a beautiful temple celebration of Somdet Ong Yai* (Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Prayurawong), the father of the Regent (Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Sri Suriyawong). There were many kinds of entertainment. Many thousands of people gathered, both from the capital and from other parts of the country.” There is a turtle pond and a beautiful white pagoda. Inside the pagoda, you can pay homage to the Buddha and the relics. If you have the chance, I recommend bringing your family to pay homage. #Waiting for the day to travel