| WAT PHRA NGAM 2 (วัดพระงาม) |
Wat Phra Ngam or the "Monastery of the Beautiful Buddha" is located on the city
island in the southwest area in Pratu Chai sub-district, west of the Somdet Phra Sri
Nakharin Park. The ruins of the temple lay east of the U-Thong Rd, more or less
opposite Wat Chai Watthanaram. The ruins can be easily reached.
Wat Phra Ngam stood on the south bank and close to the mouth of Khlong Klaeb (also
called as Khlong Pratu Tha Phra), were there was a water gate called Pratu Khlong
Khlaeb and a boat landing in connection with Wat Lod Chong, called Tha Phra.
The ground floor monastery is still visible, being before likely a sermon hall, as no traces
of boundary stones were found. The entry of the hall is to the east. The floor of the main
chedi is situated on the west side of the hall. The hall was surrounded by an inner wall,
while the whole complex was protected by an outer wall.
Its history and period of construction is not known.
Wat Phra Ngam is indicated on a mid-19th century map in the same position as on
Phraya Boran Rachathanin's (PBR) map drafted in 1926. Wat Maha Saman stood on its
south, while Wat Cho was situated on is east side. On the oldest map Wat Fang was
located opposite, on the north bank of the canal; but here PBR indicates a cluster four
temples. One of these four temples is called Wat Chang, and is likely the monastery
called Wat Fang on the mid-19th century map. It remains though a guess.
island in the southwest area in Pratu Chai sub-district, west of the Somdet Phra Sri
Nakharin Park. The ruins of the temple lay east of the U-Thong Rd, more or less
opposite Wat Chai Watthanaram. The ruins can be easily reached.
Wat Phra Ngam stood on the south bank and close to the mouth of Khlong Klaeb (also
called as Khlong Pratu Tha Phra), were there was a water gate called Pratu Khlong
Khlaeb and a boat landing in connection with Wat Lod Chong, called Tha Phra.
The ground floor monastery is still visible, being before likely a sermon hall, as no traces
of boundary stones were found. The entry of the hall is to the east. The floor of the main
chedi is situated on the west side of the hall. The hall was surrounded by an inner wall,
while the whole complex was protected by an outer wall.
Its history and period of construction is not known.
Wat Phra Ngam is indicated on a mid-19th century map in the same position as on
Phraya Boran Rachathanin's (PBR) map drafted in 1926. Wat Maha Saman stood on its
south, while Wat Cho was situated on is east side. On the oldest map Wat Fang was
located opposite, on the north bank of the canal; but here PBR indicates a cluster four
temples. One of these four temples is called Wat Chang, and is likely the monastery
called Wat Fang on the mid-19th century map. It remains though a guess.
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| Text & photographs by Tricky Vandenberg - July 2009 Review April 2011 |
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| (View from the east) |
| (View from the west) |
| (Click button for aerial view) |