Bangkok, Temples

Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram This is a buddhist temple in the Dusitdistrict of Bangkok, Thailand. Also known as the marble temple, it is one of Bangkok’s most beautiful temples and a major tourist attraction.

Construction of the temple began in 1899at the request of King Chulalongkorn after building his palace nearby. The temple’s name literally means the Templeof the fifth King located nearby Dusit Palace.
It was designed by Prince Naris, a half-brother of the king, and is built of Italian marble. Inside the Ordination Hall (Ubosot) is a Sukhothai-style Buddha statue named Phra Buddhajinaraja, cast in 1920 after the original located in Wat Mahathat in Phitsanulok.

The ashes of King Chulalongkorn are buried beneath the statue. In the gallery surrounding the ordination hall are 52 buddha statues, collected by Prince Damrong Rajanubhab for his king.At junction of Si Ayutthaya Road and Rama V Road Take No2 Bus.

Wat’s – Buddhist temples It is important to show respect in temples they are places of worship so please consider the way you are dressed long dress or pants for ladies, long pants for men, and never sit on statues and so on to take photos, sitting on Buddha as a photo opportunity would be like leaning on a statue of Jesus in the Vatican to take a photo. Entrance fees are minimal 20-30

Bangkok, Temples Wat Suthat is a royal temple of the first grade, one of six such temples in Thailand cnstruction was begun by His Majesty King Rama I in 1807 (B.E. 2350). Further construction and decorations were carried out by King Rama II who helped carve the wooden doors, but the temple was not completed until the reign of King Rama III in 1847 (B.E.2390).

This temple contains the Buddha image Phra Sri Sakyamuni which moved from Sukhothai province. At the lower terrace of the base, there are 28 Chinese pagodas which mean the 28 Buddhas born on this earth. Was Suthat also contains Phra Buddha Trilokachet in the Ubosot (Ordinary Hall) and Phra Buddha