Gautama Buddha (standing bronze image in the attitude of bestowing pardon)Chakri (Rattanakosin)Early Rattanakosin
Sacred since
1824 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
founded under Rama III; completed mid-19th c.
Chakri (Rattanakosin)
History & significance
A royal temple inside the former Front Palace precinct in Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, begun by Prince Maha Sakdiphonlasep in the reign of Rama III and finished under King Pinklao and King Mongkut. Its gilded standing Buddha sits beneath a spired busabok throne, and the hall served as a royal funeral hall in 1900.