Wat Sommanat Wihan

Wat Sommanat Ratchaworawihan or known in short Wat Sommanat Wihan and Wat Sommanat is a second classed royal Thai Buddhist monastery was built in 1853 by the order of King Mongkut (Rama IV) as a dedication and memorial to the Queen Consort Somanass Waddhanawathy, his first wife, who died at the age of 17. The temple faces Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem canal in the area of Nang Loeng, Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Bangkok, and considered the closest temple to the Government House. In addition to being built to commemorate his first wife, the King also built this temple like the one that used to exist in Ayutthaya, a former capital of Thailand. The ordination hall of the temple is surrounded by two layers of traditional boundary wall. Therefore, this temple has an accurate and complete layout according to principles of Buddhism. The door and window frames are decorated with gilded stucco and stained glasses design with the pattern of confederate rose flowers. The gables are also stucco decorated with glazed tiles, having the royal insignia of King Mongkut and his wife in the middle. Inside the ordination hall, the principal Buddha image named Phra Buddha Siri cast and brought from Wat Rachathiwat in the quarter of Samsen in 1856 (year the temple was completed) by Somdet Phra Wannarat (Buddha Siri, pioneer of the Thammayut sect) is enshrined. In addition,

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