Visit the mural paintings and the ordination hall from the mid-Ayutthaya period.

🏡Wat Bang Yi Khan, also known as Wat Muthracharam or Wat Mukharachatharam, has no clear evidence of when these names were used. It is presumed to be an ancient temple from the mid-Ayutthaya period and received the Wisungkhama Sima around 1629.
The important and interesting features within the temple are as follows:
🏠The ordination hall, designed in the Ayutthaya style with a curved hull shape, houses several Buddha statues on a single base. Inside, there are mural paintings by late Ayutthaya craftsmen, with repairs and additions made during the reign of King Rama III, but still maintaining the Ayutthaya painting style. In front of the principal Buddha image, there is a depiction of Mara's temptation, which is considered a beautiful prototype of such paintings from the early Rattanakosin period.
🧱The boundary markers are made of large red sandstone.
♨️Wat Bang Yi Khan: 376 Charan Sanitwong Road, Bang Yi Khan Subdistrict, Bang Phlat District, Bangkok.
🎯Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Pkxs9ovLY939aUreA
🕗Opening hours: 08:00 – 17:00.

Post by the old traveler | Feb 19, 2025