| WAT BOT RACHA DECHA (วัดโบสถ์ราชเดชะ) |
Wat Bot Racha Decha or the "Monastery of the Ordination Hall of Racha Decha" is
a not restored east-oriented ruin with a Buddhist memorial built on top of its structure.
A broken chedi with its large toppled 9-tiered spire and foundations of a monastic
structure can be found in situ.
The rebuilt structure has a sitting Buddha image with an elephant and a monkey bowing
in reverence (Phra Palelai).
The ruin is located off the city island in the eastern area in Hantra sub-district, south of
Wat Ayodhya. Wat Bot Racha Decha was situated along the west bank of the former
Khlong Ayodhya (at present parallel with Road # 3058).
Its historical background and period of construction are unknown.
Wat Bot Racha Decha has likely a link with an element of the military administration
under the Kalahom or the Minister of the Military Division. One of his two subordinate
Commanding Officers based in the city was the Phraya Decho (or Decha) with a sakdina
of 10,000 Rai. His official denomination was Phraya Siharat Decho Chai. [1]
References:
[1] Thai radical discourse: the real face of Thai feudalism today - Craig J. Reynolds -
SEAP Publications, 1987 - Page 92.
a not restored east-oriented ruin with a Buddhist memorial built on top of its structure.
A broken chedi with its large toppled 9-tiered spire and foundations of a monastic
structure can be found in situ.
The rebuilt structure has a sitting Buddha image with an elephant and a monkey bowing
in reverence (Phra Palelai).
The ruin is located off the city island in the eastern area in Hantra sub-district, south of
Wat Ayodhya. Wat Bot Racha Decha was situated along the west bank of the former
Khlong Ayodhya (at present parallel with Road # 3058).
Its historical background and period of construction are unknown.
Wat Bot Racha Decha has likely a link with an element of the military administration
under the Kalahom or the Minister of the Military Division. One of his two subordinate
Commanding Officers based in the city was the Phraya Decho (or Decha) with a sakdina
of 10,000 Rai. His official denomination was Phraya Siharat Decho Chai. [1]
References:
[1] Thai radical discourse: the real face of Thai feudalism today - Craig J. Reynolds -
SEAP Publications, 1987 - Page 92.
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| Text, maps & photographs by Tricky Vandenberg - April 2009 Review July 2011 |
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| (View of Wat Bot Racha Decha from the east) |
| (Toppled chedi-umbrella in situ) |
| (Brick work in situ) |
| (Extract of a 1974 Fine Arts Department map) |
| (Extract of a 1993 Fine Arts Department map) |
| (Click button for aerial view) |