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Bangkok, Bangkok · 13.7381°, 100.5136°
A temple in Bangkok's Chinatown, probably founded in the reign of Rama III, largely rebuilt in the 1930s-40s and renamed Wat Traimit Witthayaram in 1940. It enshrines the Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon, a solid-gold Buddha brought here in 1935 whose gold core came to light only when the plaster covering it broke during a move in 1955; the image now sits in a four-storey marble-clad mondop.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Oral history holds that the temple was founded by three Chinese friends, which is said to explain its name.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Rattanakosin
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