Wat Phra Kaew
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Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. The complex c
View from the Outer Court of the Grand Palace
King Rama I founded the Chakri dynasty in 1782; he began construction of the Wat Phra Kaew a year later.
Wat Phra Kaew complex viewed from outside the walls of the Grand Palace
The Ubosot of Wat Phra Kaew is surrounded by a low wall, eight bai sema shrines and twelve pavilions.
Wat Pho
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Wat Pho, also spelled Wat Po, is a Buddhist temple complex in the Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is on Rattanakosin Island, directly south of the Grand Palace. Known also as the Temple of
The Reclining Buddha
Phra Maha Chedi Si Ratchakan
Arrival of King Mongkut at Wat Pho, 13 October 1865
Phra Mondop of Wat Pho. Flanking its entrances are statues of Yak Wat Pho