| WAT KHIAN 4 (วัดเขียน) |
Wat Khian or the "Monastery of the Writing" (1) was located off the city island in the northern area of Ayutthaya in Hua Ro
sub-district.
The monastery was situated on the south tip of Ko Loi, Ayutthaya's floating island. Wat Khian stood south of Wat Inthawat and
east of Wat Saphan Kluea at the confluence of the former Klong Sai and Khlong Khu Na Mueang, at present the Pa Sak River.
There are no traces anymore visible of the monastery above ground level.
Historical data about the monastery and its construction are unknown.
The site is only indicated on a 2005 Fine Arts Department map as วัดเขียน (๑). Some remains of the temple were excavated by
the Fine Arts Department (FAD) in Geo Coord: +14° 21' 54.29" N, +100° 34' 48.18" E.
Footnotes:
(1) Khian (เขียน), translated meaning "writing", was sometimes given in Siam as a nickname to a person. Monasteries were often
named after their establishers or sponsors. The monastery here could have been eventually named after its sponsor.
sub-district.
The monastery was situated on the south tip of Ko Loi, Ayutthaya's floating island. Wat Khian stood south of Wat Inthawat and
east of Wat Saphan Kluea at the confluence of the former Klong Sai and Khlong Khu Na Mueang, at present the Pa Sak River.
There are no traces anymore visible of the monastery above ground level.
Historical data about the monastery and its construction are unknown.
The site is only indicated on a 2005 Fine Arts Department map as วัดเขียน (๑). Some remains of the temple were excavated by
the Fine Arts Department (FAD) in Geo Coord: +14° 21' 54.29" N, +100° 34' 48.18" E.
Footnotes:
(1) Khian (เขียน), translated meaning "writing", was sometimes given in Siam as a nickname to a person. Monasteries were often
named after their establishers or sponsors. The monastery here could have been eventually named after its sponsor.
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| Text by Tricky Vandenberg - August 2011 |
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