Wat Saket Ratchawora Mahawihan (Thai: วัดสระเกศราชวรมหาวิหาร), usually shortened to Wat Saket, is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district...
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Wat Si Saket (Lao: ວັດສີສະເກດ, pronounced [wāt sǐː.sā.kèːt]) is a Buddhist wat in Vientiane, Laos. It is situated on Lan Xang Road, on the corner with...
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the saying "Pret Wat Suthat" (Thai: เปรตวัดสุทัศน์), often paired with "Raeng Wat Saket" (Thai: แร้งวัดสระเกศ, "vultures of Wat Saket"). The Sao Chingcha...
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Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan (Thai: วัดอรุณราชวราราม ราชวรมหาวิหาร pronunciation ) or Wat Arun (Thai pronunciation: [wát ʔarun], "Temple...
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Wat Phra Kaew (Thai: วัดพระแก้ว, RTGS: Wat Phra Kaeo, pronounced [wát.pʰráʔ.kɛ̂ːw] ), commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and...
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Wat Pho (Thai: วัดโพธิ์, pronounced [wát pʰōː] ), also spelled Wat Po, is a Buddhist temple complex in the Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. It...
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monks. Wat Suthat, Bangkok Wat Benchamabophit (The Marble Temple) Wat Ratchanatdaram Wat Phra Kaew Wat Arun Wat Bowonniwet Vihara Wat Pho Wat Saket Wat Phra...
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Golden Buddha (statue) (redirect from Golden Buddha of Wat Traimit)
a weight of 5.5 tonnes (5,500 kilograms). It is located in the temple of Wat Traimit, Bangkok, Thailand. At one point in its history, the statue was covered...
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Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen (Thai: วัดปากน้ำภาษีเจริญ, RTGS: Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen) is a royal wat ('temple') located in Phasi Charoen district, Bangkok...
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sub-districts (khwaeng). The Golden Mount (ภูเขาทอง or พระบรมบรรพต) inside Wat Saket (วัดสระเกศ) is probably the best known place in Pom Prap Sattru Phai....
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people and their bodies were piled in the temple's graveyard alike to Wat Saket and Wat Sangwet. In King Nangklao (Rama III)'s reign, the wood structures...
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List of Buddhist temples in Thailand (redirect from List of wats)
Bangkok Era: Wat Bang Va Jai (= Bang Wa Yai) Wat Ratchabopit วัดราชบพิธ Wat Ratchanadda วัดราชนัดดา Wat Rajorasaram Wat Ratchapradit Wat Saket (Golden Mount...
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Wat Pavaranivesh Vihara Ratchawarawihan (Thai: วัดบวรนิเวศวิหารราชวรวิหาร; RTGS: Wat Bowon Niwet Wihan Ratchaworawihan, IPA: [wát bɔwɔːn níʔwêːt wíʔhǎːn...
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1928 – 10 August 2013) was a Thai Buddhist monk who served as the abbot of Wat Saket and the acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. Somdet Kiaw (Thai: สมเด็จเกี่ยว;...
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downstream from the city centre. The area, between Wat Sam Pluem (now Wat Chakkrawat) and Wat Sampheng (now Wat Pathum Khongkha), was then a swampy, inaccessible...
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Wat Mangkon Kamalawat (Thai: วัดมังกรกมลาวาส, pronounced [wát māŋkɔ̄ːn kāmālāːwâːt]), previously (and still commonly) known as Wat Leng Noei Yi (Thai:...
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Wat Sitaram (Thai: วัดสิตาราม) is a Thai monastery in Bangkok, located on the Damrong Rak Road near Khlong Maha Nak canal between Wat Saket and Bobae...
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Tourism in Bangkok (section Palaces and wats)
arch from which the swing was hung still stands in front of the temple. Wat Saket, or the Golden Mount (Phu Khao Thong in Thai), houses relics of the Buddha...
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Dhammakaya tradition (redirect from Wat Rajaorasaram)
teacher at Wat Paknam, and a researcher and employee of the US embassy. Many of the temple's activities are done in cooperation with Wat Saket. Luang Por...
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Wat Ratchabophit (pronounced [wát râːt.tɕʰā.bɔ̄ː.pʰít]), or formally Wat Ratchabophit Sathitmahasimaram Ratchaworawihan (Thai: วัดราชบพิธสถิตมหาสีมารามราชวรวิหาร)...
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Giant Swing (section Wat Suthat Thep Wararam)
Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. Located in front of Wat Suthat, it was formerly used in an old Brahmin ceremony, and is one of Bangkok's...
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originated with a very large chedi that King Rama III (1787–1851) built at Wat Saket. The chedi collapsed during construction because the soft soil could not...
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Wat Ratchanatdaram (Thai: วัดราชนัดดาราม, pronounced [wát râːt.t͡ɕʰā.nát.dāːrāːm]) is a Buddhist temple (wat) located at the intersection between Ratchadamnoen...
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Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram (Thai: วัดเบญจมบพิตรดุสิตวนาราม; pronunciation) is a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Dusit District of Bangkok, Thailand...
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House, Yaowarat Chinatown Heritage Center, Wat Arun, Wat Benchamabophit, Wat Pho, Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Saket, Wat Traimit Bangalore India Attara Kacheri,...
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Bangkok, Thailand (Suvarnabhumi Airport) Bangkok (Benchasiri Park) Bangkok (Wat Saket) Bangkok (Talat Noi – So Heng Tai Mansion) Bangkok (Pak Khlong Talat)...
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Phra Nakhon District about 1 km (0.62 mi) north of the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew. "Khaosan" translates as 'milled rice', an indication that in former...
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Wat Mahathat Yuwaratrangsarit (Thai: วัดมหาธาตุยุวราชรังสฤษฎิ์) is a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of the ten royal temples of the highest...
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Prayurawongsawat Wat Rakhangkhositaram Wat Ratchabophit Wat Ratchaburana (Wat Liap) Wat Ratchanatdaram Wat Ratchapradit Wat Saket (Golden Mount) Wat Suthat (Giant...
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Prayurawongsawat Wat Rakhangkhositaram Wat Ratchabophit Wat Ratchaburana (Wat Liap) Wat Ratchanatdaram Wat Ratchapradit Wat Saket (Golden Mount) Wat Suthat (Giant...
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