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Ordination Hall |
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The original hall built during the
time of King Rama II was in the late Ayutthaya style. Later the structure became
elongated, similar to the style of King Rama I, with redented pillars. They
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elongated
lotus capitals lacquered and gilt. The bases of the pillar are raised on platforms.
The ordination hall was built of brick and mortar with roof of wooden beams
and ceremic tiles. The gable board is gilded and decorated with glass mosaic.
The walls between the windows bear murals of the ten previous lives of the Buddha.
Above the windows on the northern side, the mural paintings are from the life
of the Buddha. In the south is Vessantara Jataka. The originals were destroyed
by fire in the reign of Rama V. He had them redone in relatively modern style.
The face of the presiding Buddha image, cast in the reign of Rama II, is said
to have been moulded by His Majesty himself. The ashes of King Rama II are buried
in the base of the image. In front of the hall is a throne between the two doors.
The throne is of very decoratively carved wood-work, gilded and decorated with
glass mosaic. Before the ordination hall at the entrance stand two demon guadians;
the white one called Sahassa Decha and the green one Thosakan ( or Ravana),
both of which are of stucco decorated with shards of coloured ceramics. They
are similar to the demons in the temple of the Emerald Buddha. Those of Wat
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Phra Wihan Khot ( Gallery or Cloister) |
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This
was built around the ordination hall during the time of King Ram II, of brick
and mortar with roof of ceramic tiles. There are rows of Buddha images insides
the gallery in the style of Subduing Mara which date from King Rama II's period.
The portals on four sides are very pleasingly designed. Pillars are topped with
gilded lotuses. Between the pillars and the body of the building there are stone
images made by Chinese artists. They were brought from China as balast in trading
junks. The royal artist, Prince Naris praised this gallery as the most perfect
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Phar
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This
is an original Thon Buri period hall, reconstructed in the time of Rama II.
King Rama II ordered the decoration of the outer walls with ceramic tiles in
falling floral pattern. There are two significant Bussha images inside this
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image
cast in copper contains a relic of the Buddha in its breast; the smaller bronze
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Phar Prang |
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This
is the most important monument in the temple. King Rama II considered that the
original prang which was 16 meters in height should be reconstructed as the
glory of the city, but he passed away shortly after the beginning the task.
King Rama III completed the structure and crowned it with a multi-pronged bronze
pinnacle. He died before the edifice could be dedicated. |
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This
task was performed by Rama IV. It is 81 meters high and is surrounded by smaller
prangs and mondops on each side and in between. The Phra Buddha Prang, as the
great central tower is called, has three circumambulatory galleries running
around it, which can be reached by climbing any one of the four very steep staircases.
Above each staircase there is a niche with a figure of Indra on his three-headed
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Erawan.
T he crown
on the summit was origonally made to be given to the presiding Buddha image
at Wat Nang Nong. When the nine pronged finial was to be raised, King Rama III
ordered the crown to be placed above it. It was rumoured then that this action
of his was a sign indication to the people the " Prince Mongkut" ( meaning "
Crown") was to succeed him. Prince Mongkut did indeed become Rma IV. Four small
prangs surround the main one in the centre. Statues of Phra Phai, the wind-god
on his white horse are placed in each niche on these. Statues of giants and
monkeys support the Mondop and the five Prangs as Caryatides. Kinnaras and Kinnaris
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On
the ground around the prangs there are Chinese scultures both in the forms
of human beings and animals. In the eartern wall there are three gates and
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five gates the royal emblems of each king from King Rama I to King Rama V are
to be seen. On the forth base of circumambulation are four replicas of the prang
at each of the corners. e all decorated with pieces of broken porcelain of varieties
of colours. Some are in Thai-style flame patterns while others are in the form
of flowers. Bencharong ware is also used to decorate the surface of the prang.
This type of decoration on the surface of architecture has been popular since
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The small Wihans |
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There
are two of these both of which are in front of the prang and date from the Thon
Buri period. The one in the north used to be the ordination hall and now contains
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made of one huge
plank of teak. The Wihan in the south is older than the one in the north.
At present a relic is enshrined here. On the door panels are gilt lacquer
paintings depicting soldiers wearing hats and holding guns. These show workmanship
of the time ofKing Rama V. |
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This stands behind
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The Mondop of the Buddha's Foot-Print
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Rama
III commanded this miniature of the foot-print of the Buddha to be placed in
this mondop which is decorated with pieces of broken porcelain on all sides.
The roof in the traditional style. |
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The Group of Monk' Cells
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These
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The Pavilion by the River
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This
stands in front of the ordination Hall. The arrangement of stones in the garden
near the river is very beautiful. There are rows of stupas around this garden.
There are also Chinese stone scultures in the forms of soldiers holding weapons,
garudas and kinnaris. Beside these there are statues of Nai Rueng and Nai Nok
in front of the Ordination Hall. These men burned themselves to death hoping
to attain Nirvana. On the base there is an inscription relating the story of
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Monkut Entrance
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The
entrance before the ordination Hall with tiered roof in the form of a crown
flanked by a pair of demons, the white one named Sahassa Decha and the green
one Thosakan ( Ravana). Thosakan, the green demon stucco decorated with glazed
ceramic tile. One of the four small prangs at each corner of the main prang.
Below left is Phra Wihan. The Mondop is in the centre and next to the right
stands the Ordination Hall. The boundary stone. The two Small Wihan, the one
in the norht used to be the ordination hall, the south one is the original wihan.
Verandah of the Ordination Hall adorned with the coloured glazed tiles in floral
and leaf design. The lotus capital are in glided lacquer. The plaza around the
Hall decorated with stone figures of Chinese men and lions. Phra Phuttharup
Narumit, the standing Buddha image dedicated to King Rama II, installed in the
front porch of the Ordination Hall. The paintings on door panels illustrating
ythical trees that bear the woman-like fruits. The presiding Buddha image cast
in the reign of King Rama II |
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