Wat Nang Ratchaworawihan
A religious site in the Thonburi area of Bangkok, a temple built in the late Ayutthaya period, hundreds of years old, and the temple we are talking about is just as the title suggests. This place is "Wat Nang" or Wat Nang Ratchaworawihan.
Wat Nang is believed to have been around since the Ayutthaya period. Inside the temple, there are important archaeological evidence such as a bronze cast bell. On the bell body, there is an inscription that says "Phra Maha Phuttarakkhit and Muen Phet Phichit were the leaders, along with monks, novices, and donors, who cast this bell in 2260 B.E.", which was during the reign of Somdet Phra Sanphet IX or King Taisa of Ayutthaya.
During the Rattanakosin period, Princess Srisulalai or Chao Chom Manda Riam, the mother of King Nangklao, Rama III, ordered the renovation of the entire temple. To dedicate to his ancestors, "Than Pheng" (the mother of Somdet Phra Sri Sulalai and grandmother of King Rama III), who lived as a gardener in this area, but before the temple was celebrated, she passed away.
King Nangklao, Rama III, therefore took on the responsibility of continuing the renovation according to his wishes. In this renovation, he ordered a new plan for the temple, the original ordination hall was changed to a viharn, a prang was built, and a new ordination hall was built.
After the renovation of the temple was completed, he established Wat Nang as a royal temple and ordered the celebration of Wat Nang to dedicate merit to Somdet Phra Sri Sulalai on December 2, 1837.
Prang of Wat Nang
Built during the reign of King Nangklao, Rama III, when the temple was founded, it is 22 meters and 30 centimeters high, while the base is 13 meters and 60 centimeters in diameter. The three tiers of the circumambulation are octagonal, with green perforated tiles all around. There is a staircase leading up to the front. The prang is painted white and decorated with statues of angels and Garudas. Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn invited the relics to be placed in the prang when she went to raise the gable of the ordination hall and the viharn of Wat Nang on April 18, 2011.
Ordination hall
It is a brick and mortar building with a two-tiered roof covered with tiles. The surrounding porch is supported by pillars, decorated with gables, raka leaves, hongsongs, supports between the pillars, perforated tiles. The gable roof extends down another tier. The gable is decorated with glass. The front door And the back has 2 windows on each side, 5 windows on each side. Door frames and windows are decorated with stucco. The outer window panels are painted with water-based patterns. The inner ones are painted with oil dust and gold patterns such as the Cho Phaniang pattern. The ceiling has a double neck pattern all around, decorated with gold stars. The rafters are painted with Ta Samuk patterns. The ends of the rafters on both sides are painted with cone-shaped patterns. Above the frames, the windows are decorated with glass pictures in gold frames. The interior walls are painted with gold patterns of falling flowers. The Sima arches around the ordination hall are made of brick and cement. Each arch is decorated with a pair of carved stone Sima leaves. It is very beautiful and magnificent.
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