| WAT THAM NIYOM (วัดยมมอน) |
Wat Tham Niyom or the "Monastery of the Revered Dhamma" is a temple in use by
the monastic clergy and located off the city island in the eastern area in Hua Ro
sub-district. Wat Nang Chi stood in the north, while Wat Jan (formerly opposite of the
railway station) stood on its southern side.
Wat Tham Niyom features on a mid-19th century map as Wat Yom Thai. On Phraya
Boran Rachathanin's map drafted in 1926, the monastery is named Wat Yom.
Wat Yom had before mural paintings illustrating scenes of a royal barge procession
almost fitting the scribes made during King Narai's reign on royal processions both on
water and on land (1). Phraya Boran Rachathanin had the murals at Wat Yom copied on
a manuscript in 1897. Prince Damrong Rachanuphap had the mural paintings recopied
on manuscript in the begin of the 20th century and preserved at the National Archives in
Bangkok. The original murals are unfortunately destroyed.
In 1985, the Muang Boran Publishing House released entire books about the murals at
Wat Pradu Songtham and Wat Yom. The murals at both monasteries are viewed as
artistically connected due to execution techniques including the linear depiction and color
application.
Wat Tham Niyom is a temple built in the Ratanakosin period on the premises of the
former Wat Yom Thai. It is a classic Buddhist temple with an ordination hall built in the
Late Ayutthaya style (1629 - 1767). There is no chedi in situ.
Footnotes:
(1) An article "The Royal Barge - A Short History" edited in the Bangkok Post of 7 June
2006 mentions that King Narai Narai (r. 1656-1688) ordered the murals at Wat Yom
painted.
the monastic clergy and located off the city island in the eastern area in Hua Ro
sub-district. Wat Nang Chi stood in the north, while Wat Jan (formerly opposite of the
railway station) stood on its southern side.
Wat Tham Niyom features on a mid-19th century map as Wat Yom Thai. On Phraya
Boran Rachathanin's map drafted in 1926, the monastery is named Wat Yom.
Wat Yom had before mural paintings illustrating scenes of a royal barge procession
almost fitting the scribes made during King Narai's reign on royal processions both on
water and on land (1). Phraya Boran Rachathanin had the murals at Wat Yom copied on
a manuscript in 1897. Prince Damrong Rachanuphap had the mural paintings recopied
on manuscript in the begin of the 20th century and preserved at the National Archives in
Bangkok. The original murals are unfortunately destroyed.
In 1985, the Muang Boran Publishing House released entire books about the murals at
Wat Pradu Songtham and Wat Yom. The murals at both monasteries are viewed as
artistically connected due to execution techniques including the linear depiction and color
application.
Wat Tham Niyom is a temple built in the Ratanakosin period on the premises of the
former Wat Yom Thai. It is a classic Buddhist temple with an ordination hall built in the
Late Ayutthaya style (1629 - 1767). There is no chedi in situ.
Footnotes:
(1) An article "The Royal Barge - A Short History" edited in the Bangkok Post of 7 June
2006 mentions that King Narai Narai (r. 1656-1688) ordered the murals at Wat Yom
painted.
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| Text & photographs by Tricky Vandenberg - June 2009 Reviewed July 2011 |
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| (View of Wat Tham Niyom from the south) |
| (View of Wat Tham Niyom from the southwest) |
| (Extract of a mid-19th century map) |