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Wat Suthat Thepwararam is one of the oldest and most impressive Buddhist temples | Bangkok

Wat Suthat Thepwararam (วัดสุทัศน์เทพวราราม)

Wat Suthat Thepwararam is a Buddhist temple in Bangkok
The Wat Suthat is one of the most important and one of the oldest temples of the Rattanakosin era in Bangkok. It is one of the six temples in Thailand of the highest grade of the first class Royal temples.
When Rama I became the first ruler of the Rattanakosin Kingdom in 1782, he ordered the construction of the Wat Suthat.
Construction lasted for decades, and the Wat was finally finished during the reign of King Rama III in 1847.
One of the largest in Bangkok
The temple complex which is officially named Wat Suthat Thepphawararam is one of the largest in Bangkok covering 10 acres.
800 Year old Sukhothai image
The Phra Si Sakyamuni is a eight meter tall bronze Buddha image in subduing Mara posture. It was cast in Sukhothai some 800
years ago and was brought over to Bangkok from an abandoned temple in Sukhothai by river boat.
When the image arrived in Bangkok, festivities that lasted a week were organized and the Buddha image was paraded through
Bangkok. Underneath the image the ashes of King Ananda Mahidol, Rama VIII the older brother of the current King are buried.
Address: 146 Bamrung Mueang Rd., Wat Ratchabophit Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok 10200