Wat Chakkrawat

Wat Chakkrawat (pronounced [wát tɕàk.krā.wàt]) or full name Wat Chakkrawat Rachawat Woramahawihan ([wát tɕàk.krā.wàt rāː.tɕʰāː.wâːt wɔː.ráʔ.mā.hǎː.wíʔ.hǎːn]) is a Buddhist monastery in Bangkok. Considered to be another Thai temple located in Bangkok's Chinatown apart from the notable Wat Traimit, where the largest gold Buddha statue in the world is housed. The monastery is in the northwestern edge of Samphanthawong district near the Chao Phraya river. Formerly known as Wat Sam Pluem, it is an old temple that was here long before the Yaowarat road was cut in 1892. Its history goes back at least 200 years, from the reign of King Buddha Yodfa Chulalok (Rama I), coinciding with the establishment of Rattanakosin kingdom (now Bangkok) as the new capital of Siam (Thailand in those days) in 1782. At that time the location of the temple called Sampheng, and became the residence of Chinese immigrants after they shifted from Tha Tian quarter. Because the king needs this area to build what is now the Grand Palace. In the reign of King Nangklao (Rama III), Chaophraya Bodindecha renovated the entire temple and dug a khlong (canal) to convey the water from the temple's pond. The restoration took six years to complete. Monks from the other temples were invited to stay here, and then the temple was presented to the

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