Wat Nimmannoradi

Wat Nimmanoradi (pronounced [wát.nìm.māːn.ná.rā.dīː], also written as Nimma Noradi, Nimmanoradee) is a Thai Buddhist temple in Bangkok. It is a third grade royal monastery by the canals Khlong Phasi Charoen and Khlong Ratcha Montri on the border of Phasi Charoen area, just across the canal of Khlong Ratcha Montri is Bang Khae area. Therefore, this temple is often mistaken for its location in district of Bang Khae. Its former name was Wat Bang Khae and it believed to be built during the early of Rattanakosin period around 1807. In the reign of King Rama I, Wat Bang Khae was very prosperous but later it deteriorated. In 1872 during the reign of King Rama V, the abbot Chaeng a Buddhist monk had transferred from Wat Rakhang and ruled the temple, and Khun Tan Wanochakorn (Nim) with his wife named Di who were wealthy people became the patrons and renovated the temple completely. After the renovation the temple was renamed to Wat Nimmanoradi like today (Nimmanoradi is the name of the fifth of six heavenly realm, according to the belief in Buddhist cosmology) and received Wisungkhammasima (boundary in the temple which was given by the King) on May 13, 1879. Later, when the construction of the new ordination hall was completed, it received a new Wisungkhammasima on November 8, 1971. There is the Thai monogram of King Rama IX, "Phor Por Ror" on the gable

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