Wat Pradu |
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Wat Phradoo |
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Wat Pradu was a very old temple built in the late Ayutthaya
period. In the
Rattanakosin time King Rama V, for the respect he had for Luang
Pu Jaeng the Wat Pradu abbot at that time, paid a visit by river
to the temple, and also had his breakfast there.
The principal royal offerings from the King to the temple
have been of great value until these days.
Around 1974,
the present abbot put all the royal offerings in one place,
which then became a museum.
The offerings constitute a very large number of cloth
bags for monks, palm leaf fans, kettles, alm bowl covers
decorated with mother-of-pearl in laid, stacked up food
carriers. Many items have
on them carved signs to mark the occasions they were presented,
such as on the royal occasion of the topknot cutting ceremony of
a young prince, and so on.
Then in 2004 the abbot conceived the idea of having the
museum expanded by having the offerings put in a newly built
building. He was hoping
that gradually the museum would became more complete.
The present museum now consists of 2 buildings.
The first building houses the offerings from King Rama V.
The building has 2 floors.
The ground floor has a display of the things presented to
the temple by the local people who have great respects for Luang
Pu Jaeng, Phra Mahachulasak Atisupkho, and the other abbots as
well. The upper floor has
the royal offerings and models of the well-known revered monks.
There is an exhibition on King Rama V’s biography,
consisting of a small carved statue of him and other display
items – photographs, sign boards giving information about the
King. Here also there are
small sets of benjarongware and the crockery that used to be the
temple’s properties.
Coming down from the first building
and walking towards the car park, one would come to a wooden
place, another section, with models of the renowned monks in the
Mae Klong River area.
There are also some benjarong bowls and dishes, glazed pottery,
brassware, old sacred water pots, properties of the temple.
On the ceiling the abbot had some artists do interesting
paintings of the literary Ravana stories. |
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Samut Songkhram |
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Amphawa |
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13.42588, 99.88905 |
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