Wat Phra Sri Mahathat Woramahawihan, Bangkok

Wat Phra Sri Mahathat was granted permission to be a monastery on 20 March 1941 and became a first-class royal temple, Woramahawihan type, on 30 June 1942.[1] It was built during the time when Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram was the Prime Minister. He proposed to the Cabinet to build a temple near the Monument to Protect the Constitution to commemorate the democratic regime and scheduled for completion in time for National Day, which was 24 June 1941. The Cabinet resolved to build a temple and named it Wat Prachathipatai. During the construction, Rear Admiral Thawan Thamrongnawasawat (at the time he was the rank of Captain Luang Thamrongnawasawat) traveled to India to request the relics of the Lord Buddha, including 5 branches of the Bodhi tree from the tree that was inherited from the tree where the Lord Buddha resided and attained enlightenment, along with soil from the pilgrimage sites, namely the place of birth, enlightenment, the place of the first sermon, and the place of nirvana. The government invited the relics of the Lord Buddha. The Bodhi tree branches and the soil were enshrined in the temple under construction. The temple was named Wat Phra Sri Mahathat and was dedicated as a residence on June 24, 1942.

Coordinates: Phahonyothin Road, Anusawari Subdistrict, Bang Khen District, Bangkok 10220

Getting to Wat Phra Sri Mahathat Woramahawihan (Bang Khen)

By public transport

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Sukhumvit Line SUKHUMVIT LINE
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150 (AC)
520 (AC)
524 (AC)
543 (AC)
59 (AC)
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Post by Anchana | Jan 2, 2023