| WAT PA KHONTHI (วัดป่าคนที) |
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Wat Pa Khonthi (1) or the "Monastery of the Water Pot Locality" is a vanished temple
formerly located off the city island in the northern area in Hua Ro sub-district.
The monastery was situated between Wat Mae Nang Plum and Wat Vihan Thong on the
east side of a road leading to a former village called Ban Mo.
Historical data about the monastery and its construction are unknown.
The temple is mentioned in the "Testimony of Khun Luang Wat Pradu Songtham". The
text mentions that there was a boat ferry existing between the city island and Wat Pa
Khonthi in front of the street leading to Ban Mo. (2) [1]
The temple is not mentioned on Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map drafted in 1926
(3), but features on a map drafted in the mid-19th century.
Footnotes:
(1) Khonthi (Th) - Water pot or water jug.
(2) In Ayutthayan times there were twenty-two ferry routes between the main land and
the city island. In the northern area, the six other crossings were: Tha Nuea to Wat Khun
Yuan, Tha Ma Ap Nam to Wat Choeng Tha, Tha Khan to Sala Trawen, Tha Sip Bia to
Wat Pho, Wat Tha Sai to Wat Rong Khong and Tha Khun Nang to Wat Mae Nang
Plum. [4] See "The Boat & Ferry Landings of Ayutthaya". [2]
(3) Phraya Boran Rachathanin [PBR] indicates another temple, Wat Tha Khlong,
south of Wat Mae Nang Plum. Either Wat Tha Khlong is the most southern monastic
structure on the premises of Wat Mae Nang Plum, or Wat Pa Khonthi was renamed Wat
Tha Khlong on PBR's map. Another possibility could be that there were before two
temples between Wat Mae Nang Plum and Wat Vihan Thong, being as thus Wat Tha
Khlong and Wat Pa Khonthi. More research is needed to establish a correct view.
References:
[1] Khamhaikan Khun Luang Wat Pradoosongtham [the testimony of Khun Luang Wat
Pradu Songtham] (2534) Bangkok: The Secretariat Office to Prime Minister. - page 55
(คำให้การขุนหลวงวัดประดูทรงธรรม เอกสารจากหอหลวง)
[2] อธิบายแผนที่พระนครศรีอยุธยากับคำวินิจฉัยของพระยาโบราฌราชาธานินท์
ฉบับชำระครั้งที่๒และภูมิสถนกรุงศรีอยุธยา (2007) - Explanation of the map of the
Capital of Ayutthaya with a ruling of Phraya Boran Rachathanin - Revised 2nd edition
and Geography of the Ayutthaya Kingdom - Ton Chabab print office - Nonthaburi
(2007) - page 92.
formerly located off the city island in the northern area in Hua Ro sub-district.
The monastery was situated between Wat Mae Nang Plum and Wat Vihan Thong on the
east side of a road leading to a former village called Ban Mo.
Historical data about the monastery and its construction are unknown.
The temple is mentioned in the "Testimony of Khun Luang Wat Pradu Songtham". The
text mentions that there was a boat ferry existing between the city island and Wat Pa
Khonthi in front of the street leading to Ban Mo. (2) [1]
The temple is not mentioned on Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map drafted in 1926
(3), but features on a map drafted in the mid-19th century.
Footnotes:
(1) Khonthi (Th) - Water pot or water jug.
(2) In Ayutthayan times there were twenty-two ferry routes between the main land and
the city island. In the northern area, the six other crossings were: Tha Nuea to Wat Khun
Yuan, Tha Ma Ap Nam to Wat Choeng Tha, Tha Khan to Sala Trawen, Tha Sip Bia to
Wat Pho, Wat Tha Sai to Wat Rong Khong and Tha Khun Nang to Wat Mae Nang
Plum. [4] See "The Boat & Ferry Landings of Ayutthaya". [2]
(3) Phraya Boran Rachathanin [PBR] indicates another temple, Wat Tha Khlong,
south of Wat Mae Nang Plum. Either Wat Tha Khlong is the most southern monastic
structure on the premises of Wat Mae Nang Plum, or Wat Pa Khonthi was renamed Wat
Tha Khlong on PBR's map. Another possibility could be that there were before two
temples between Wat Mae Nang Plum and Wat Vihan Thong, being as thus Wat Tha
Khlong and Wat Pa Khonthi. More research is needed to establish a correct view.
References:
[1] Khamhaikan Khun Luang Wat Pradoosongtham [the testimony of Khun Luang Wat
Pradu Songtham] (2534) Bangkok: The Secretariat Office to Prime Minister. - page 55
(คำให้การขุนหลวงวัดประดูทรงธรรม เอกสารจากหอหลวง)
[2] อธิบายแผนที่พระนครศรีอยุธยากับคำวินิจฉัยของพระยาโบราฌราชาธานินท์
ฉบับชำระครั้งที่๒และภูมิสถนกรุงศรีอยุธยา (2007) - Explanation of the map of the
Capital of Ayutthaya with a ruling of Phraya Boran Rachathanin - Revised 2nd edition
and Geography of the Ayutthaya Kingdom - Ton Chabab print office - Nonthaburi
(2007) - page 92.
| Text & map by Tricky Vandenberg - October 2010 Reviewed May 2011 |
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| (Extract of a mid-19th century map) |