| WAT NOI 1 (วัดน้อย) |
Wat Noi or the “Little Monastery” was situated off the city island in the northwest area
on what are now Ayutthaya’s electricity plant and the main road leading from the city
towards Sena at Lum Phli sub-district.
The temple belonged to a cluster of temples including Wat Sarari, Wat Khrut, Wat
Surintharacha and Wat Phai Lom. There are no traces remaining of this monastery,
although a small commemoration vihara has been built on the west side of the main road
No 309 leading to Phukhao Thong, opposite the electrical plant. The vihara is called
Luang Phor Chao Noi, free translated as the “Vihara of the Reverend Father Little
Prince”. Although not confirmed, the Buddha image in the vihara could have belonged to
the former Wat Noi.
The temple was not mentioned on the Phraya Boran Rachathanin’s map of 1926, but
indicated on a Fine arts Department map drafted in 1993. On the latter map the temple
was situated on the west of the road No 309.
Its period of construction and historical background are unknown.
on what are now Ayutthaya’s electricity plant and the main road leading from the city
towards Sena at Lum Phli sub-district.
The temple belonged to a cluster of temples including Wat Sarari, Wat Khrut, Wat
Surintharacha and Wat Phai Lom. There are no traces remaining of this monastery,
although a small commemoration vihara has been built on the west side of the main road
No 309 leading to Phukhao Thong, opposite the electrical plant. The vihara is called
Luang Phor Chao Noi, free translated as the “Vihara of the Reverend Father Little
Prince”. Although not confirmed, the Buddha image in the vihara could have belonged to
the former Wat Noi.
The temple was not mentioned on the Phraya Boran Rachathanin’s map of 1926, but
indicated on a Fine arts Department map drafted in 1993. On the latter map the temple
was situated on the west of the road No 309.
Its period of construction and historical background are unknown.
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| Text & photograph by Tricky Vandenberg - April 2009 |
| (View of the Sala Wat Noi) |