#Bangkok, #Wat Phra Si Mahathat Woramahawihan

Wat Phra Si Mahathat It was allowed to be established as a monastery on March 20, 1941 and is a first-class royal monastery. Woramahaviharn type on June 30, 1942, built during the reign of Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsongkhram as Prime Minister. He proposed to the Cabinet to build a temple in the vicinity of the Constitutional Defenders Monument. To commemorate democratic governance and was scheduled to be completed in time for National Day, June 24, 1941. The Cabinet resolved to build a temple, giving it the name Wat Democracy During the construction of Rear Admiral Thawan Thamrongnawasawat (while holding the rank of Captain Luang Thamrong Nawasawat) traveled to request the relics of the Lord Buddha from India. Including 5 branches of Phra Sri Maha Bodhi from the tree that is the continuation of the tree where Gautama Buddha sat and attained enlightenment, along with soil from the place of worship, the place of birth, the place of enlightenment, and the place where his first sermon was given. and at nirvana The government has summoned the Buddha's relics The said branches of the Sri Maha Bodhi tree and soil were enshrined at the temple which is being built. Has been named that measure. Wat Phra Si Mahathat and presented as a sena on June 24, 1942

Wat Phra Si Mahathat has an important permanent object, namely Phra Chedi Si Mahathat, which has a small chedi enshrining the relics of the Lord Buddha and on the wall there is a compartment containing the ashes of those who have benefited the country as deemed appropriate by the government and the House of Representatives. and there is also Phra Si Sambuddha Muni The main Buddha image in the temple is a Sukhothai period Buddha image in the posture of Maravichai, which was originally enshrined at Wang Na.

Also in the temple area It is also the location of Wat Phra Si Mahathat Demonstration Secondary School. Phranakhon Rajabhat University. To be continue.