WAT SONG KUSON
W
at Song Kuson
or the "Monastery upholding Benevolence" is an active monastery
located off the city island in the south eastern area at Ko Rian sub-district.
The temple is located on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, just south of the
Japanese settlement
and
Wat Khok Yai Suk
.
It has the classic monastic structures in situ (ubosot, vihara, bell tower, etc). Wat Song
Kuson is a post-Ayutthayan era temple.
Text & photographs by Tricky Vandenberg - July 2010
(Click button for aerial view)