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Wat Worachettharam

Wat Worachettharam

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Opening days: Daily
Opening hours: 08.00 - 16.30
 
Wat Worachettharam It is one of the most important temples in the Ayutthaya Historical Park area. It is located in the west of the ancient palace in the city wall of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya during the Ayutthaya period. This temple is located in Talat Yot community Khun Thiaban.
 
The temple is located on a high place surrounded by a moat. The south side is adjacent to the Fang Canal and Wat Lokayasutha. On the east side is Wat Rakhang (Wat Wora Pho), on the west and on the north is Talad Yot community. Currently, it is in the administration of Pratuchai Subdistrict. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, many Ayutthaya chronicles mention Wat Worachettharam.
 
It can be concluded that When King Eka Thotsarot ascended the throne in 1875, he dressed a crematorium for the cremation of the late Chetthathirat. and then built a royal merit dedication to a temple named Worachet Temple He built a viharn, a Buddha image, a chedi containing the Buddha's relics and a hall of Dharma. Then invited the monks from the Aranyawasima side to occupy this temple. The importance of Wat Worachettharam as shown in the royal chronicles is.
 
It is a temple that contains the relics of King Naresuan the Great. and is a temple of Aranyawasi The Worachettharam Temple in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya has 2 places, the first of which is in the city island. The second one is outside the city in the east. Both temples are the Aranyawasi temples. Because both architectural styles are in the middle of the Ayutthaya period as well.
 
Therefore, it will be clearly stated which temple is the temple where King Naresuan the Great's ashes are buried. More evidence would need to be found, however. There is a story that Someone had smuggled a Chedi Prathan of Wat Worachettharam (in the city) and found an ashes containing a Buddha image surrounded by rice fields. because King Naresuan the Great was born on Saturday.
 
It is a first-class evidence that a group of scholars believe that Worachettharam Temple It is a temple that Somdej Phra Eka Thotsarot graciously graciously to be built to contain the relics of King Naresuan the Great Wat Worachettharam is almost 400 years old and is a historic temple. Architecture and Archeology. 

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Temple Group: Temple

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