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TEMPLES - CHURCHES AND MOSQUES
- Wat Makut
Kasatriyaram |
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วัดมกุฎกษัตริยารา |
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Wat Makut Kasatriyaram
Ratchaworavihan |
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Wat Mongkut was founded by king Rama IV or King Mongkut who was
the most famous Thai King in the nation history, the westerner
actually know him by the famous novel written by Anna leonowens
“The king and I” bud sadly this fiction was banned to pubic in
Thai. This temple can be said the temple of Rama IV ‘s reign, he
founded this temple and also the enclose monastery for himself
and build the other closely temple in similar plan for his most
beloved queen, (her name is queen Sommanas) who died in very
young age cause of pregnant disorder. So, the couple of temple
really a pretty romantic, like the story of Tajmahal in India
but smaller in size, if you get inside the wall you can see the
Buddha statue for the king standing with Buddha statue for the
queen in the same basement.
The architecture is unique, quite
grandeur and the inside hall decorated with really fantastic
highly royal artist painting, the pillar painting is different
in color showed the life of Good man and evil man according to
Buddhist text, the heretic as Christian and Muslim were grouped
in evil man that located most far from main Buddha image that
seated innermost of that hall.
The temple is very peaceful
but the platform in front of temple is very noisy by car
parking, no tourist, if you have many time you should stop at
this temple. |
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Bangkok |
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Phra Nakhon |
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Bang
Khun Phrom |
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Free |
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13.76436 N |
100.50665 E |
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