Wat Ratchapradit

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Opening days: Daily

Opening hours: 07.30 - 17.30

 

Wat Ratchapradit On the west side of the Pratu Khao Phak Canal, U-Thong Road, Hua Ro Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District This temple was built in the early Ayutthaya period. It is a temple where King Maha Chakkraphat once held the rank of high priest. And before the loss of the city in 1767, King Uthumphon Kromkhunpornpinit (Khun Luang Ha Wat).

 

Who was ordained at Wat Pradu Rong Tham Outside the city, he came to stay at this temple until the loss of the city and was invited by Burma to go to Burma as well. At this temple, there is one thing that you should know.

 

On the wall of the old Ubosot of this temple are paintings from the Ayutthaya period. which His Majesty King Rama IV had visited and graciously Krom Krom Khun Ratchasiwikrom took a photo like that picture. In the reign of King Rama V, the first king had seen this painting twice.

 

Nowadays, it appears that the image has been completely erased. because the temple has no roof And this ubosot after the temple was demolished in 1964 to build a new ubosot. At present, it includes "Wat Tha Sai" (abandoned), which during the reign of King Boromkot was the residence of Phra Maha Nak, the famous "Punnowat Khamchan" in the literary circle today. into the same temple as well, known as the "Tha Sai Faculty".