| WAT PHRA NGAM 1 |
Wat Phra Ngam or the "Monastery of the Beautiful Buddha" also called Wat Cha
Ram is a restored ruin located off the City Island in the northern area at Tambon Khlong
Sra Bua. The area were the monastery is situated is locally called Thung Khwan (Lit: The
Field of Souls). The ruin is located between Wat Sri Pho (active temple) and Wat Jong
Klom (restored ruin).
On the site is a walled monastic complex consisting of an ordination hall with a principal
chedi and a number of satellite chedis. The ubosot on an elevated base had two entries
in the front and two at the rear. The whole was surrounded by a moat. At the entry gate
there are left and right the foundations of two unknown structures.
According to archaeological evidence the monastery had been restored several times.
The photographic highlight of the site is the eastern entry gate covered in a Bodhi tree.
The site is indicated on Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map drafted in 1926. Historical data
about the monastery and its construction are unknown.
Ram is a restored ruin located off the City Island in the northern area at Tambon Khlong
Sra Bua. The area were the monastery is situated is locally called Thung Khwan (Lit: The
Field of Souls). The ruin is located between Wat Sri Pho (active temple) and Wat Jong
Klom (restored ruin).
On the site is a walled monastic complex consisting of an ordination hall with a principal
chedi and a number of satellite chedis. The ubosot on an elevated base had two entries
in the front and two at the rear. The whole was surrounded by a moat. At the entry gate
there are left and right the foundations of two unknown structures.
According to archaeological evidence the monastery had been restored several times.
The photographic highlight of the site is the eastern entry gate covered in a Bodhi tree.
The site is indicated on Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map drafted in 1926. Historical data
about the monastery and its construction are unknown.
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| Text by Tricky Vandenberg - November 2009 |
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