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Wat Sam Phraya - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 13°45′56″N 100°29′58″E / 13.76556°N 100.49944°E

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Wat Sam Phraya
The interior of the ubosot
Religion
Affiliation	Theravada Buddhism
Location
Country	Thailand
Location within Bangkok
Geographic coordinates	13°45′56″N 100°29′58″E / 13.76556°N 100.49944°E / 13.76556; 100.49944

Wat Sam Phraya (Thai: วัดสามพระยา) is a Thai royal temple of the third class, located in Wat Sam Phraya subdistrict, Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok. Formerly called Wat Sak or Wat Bang Khun Phrom, it was presumably built in the Ayutthaya period. It was restored and given its present name in the Bangkok era.^[1]

History

During the reign of King Rama I (1782-1809 CE), Luang Wisut Yothamart (Troos) dedicated the land and houses of his deceased younger brother Khun Phrom (Sarat) as a temple in his memory, and it was named Bang Khun Phrom Temple.^[2] During the reign of King Rama III, the temple had fallen to ruins. Phraya Raja Supawadee (Khun Thong), Phraya Rachikul (Thong) and Phraya Thep Worachun (Thong Pak), who were the sons of Mrs. Phawa, the youngest sister of Luang Wisut Yothamat and Khun Phrom, jointly renovated the temple. When the three phraya offered the temple to King Rama III, he bestowed it the name "Sam Phraya Temple" (Temple of the Three Lords) and raised it to the status of a royal temple in the year 1823 CE (2366 BE).^[3]

Structures

The ordination hall (ubosot in Thai) is a brick building with a double-tiered roof clad in Chinese glazed tiles. The main Buddha image of the temple is called Luang Pho Phra Phutta Keson. The interior walls are painted in a floral pattern. A frieze, depicting dragons and phoenix in gold, runs along the top of the walls. The sections between the windows depict offering tables in a Chinese style.

The ceremony hall is a brick building with 2-tiers of roof tiles, decorated with Chinese plates and patterns.

A total of twenty-five stupas lie within and around the enclosure of the ordination hall.^[4]

Gallery

The ordination hall of Wat Sam Phraya
The sections of wall in between windows inside the ordination hall
Showing the frieze and ceiling of the ordination hall
The main Buddha image in the temple
Luang Po Phra Phut Keson
Decorations on the exterior of the ordination hall

References

^ ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, ประกาศกระทรวงธรรมการ แผนกกรมสังฆการี เรื่อง จัดระเบียบพระอารามหลวง, เล่ม ๓๒, ตอน ๐ ก, ๓ ตุลาคม พ.ศ. ๒๔๕๘, หน้า ๒๙๓
^ พิสิฐ เจริญสุข [และคนอื่นๆ] พระอารามหลวง. กรุงเทพฯ : กรมการศาสนา กระทรวงวัฒนธรรม, 2551.
^ พิสิฐ เจริญสุข [และคนอื่นๆ] พระอารามหลวง. กรุงเทพฯ : กรมการศาสนา กระทรวงวัฒนธรรม, 2551.
^ วัดสามพระยา from http://www.resource.lib.su.ac.th/

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