Wat Paramaiyikawat

Wat Paramaiyikawat Warawihan or simply known as Wat Paramaiyikawat is an ancient Buddhist temple located on Ko Kret, Nonthaburi Province, central Thailand on the Chao Phraya River. The temple is classified as the second rank of royal temple. It is believed that it was built in the late Ayutthaya period after begin of Ko Kret. At that time it was called "Wat Pak Ao", which means "estuary temple" according to the location. In 1764, when the Burmese occupied the city during the fall of Ayutthaya, the temple was left empty, until 1774 when the Mons immigrated in the reign of King Taksin who ordered to restore the temple, which Mons call "Pia Moo Kia Terng" (Mon), meaning "temple at the cape". In 1874, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) presided over the Thot Kathin ceremony in total four Mon's temples of Nonthaburi. The King ordered the restoration and overhaul of the temple by preserving the Mon style in order to devote the merit to his grandmother (Princess Sudarattanarachaprayur) who had raised him when he was young and named the temple "Wat Paramaiyikawat" like today, which means "temple of grandmother". Interior ordinational hall features mural paintings in applied Thai traditional style and the doors with windows are decorated in coloured stucco style. Outside the temple at the

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