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Wat Ratchanatdaram Worawihan and The Metal Castle 

Zone: Rattanakosin (old city)  4kms from Siam







Attraction:  Photo stop, nestled among many Icons

Best times: morning for temple markets, otherwise late afternoon and evening offers excellent photos. 

Recommend tour: Old city night tram tour

  


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Theme / Featuresdate yy.mm comment duration Name & UrlDistance from Lan Maha
Mahakan Fort 20 mins / Heritage building force station Fort Mahakan ป้อมมหากาฬ W 80m Photo Icon  
Transport: Canal Pier 20 min transfer to city. day tour tickets avail Phanfa Leelard Pier ท่าเรือผ่านฟ้าลีลาศ 0m: fast canal ferry 7am to 8pm 
Temple: metal castle  2019.02 virtual tour in progress Loha Prasat - Metal Castle SW 100 m donation to enter 9am to 5pm 
art gallery several levels check opening times in site The Queens Gallery (art centre) N 100m cross the road 
Museum / 3 storey heritage house 2019.02 very good info and displays King Prahadhipok Museum E 200m near canal pier 
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At the junction of zone "Bang Lamphu" and "Rattanakosin" along Ratchadamnoen Road.  This Road is often heavily decorated with lights around King's birthday (5 December) and Queen's birthday (12 August) and other major anniversaries. 

Sanam Luang and Lan Plabpla Maha Chedsada Bodin (ลานพลับพลามหาเจษฎาบดินทร์) in front of Wat Ratchanadda and its Loha Prasat are open spaces that frequently used to celebrate various events.









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A royal temples of the third grade. It's name means "Royal Niece" because it was built by King Rama III in 1846 for his niece, Princess Mom Chao Ying Sommanus Wattanavadi. She later became the queen and consort to King Rama IV, who built Wat Sommanat Worawihan to remember her. The name of the temple is variously written in English as Wat Ratchanaddaram, Wat Rajnadda and Wat Ratchanadda, among others. It is located between Ratchadamnoen Klang and Mahachai Roads, in the Phra Nakhon district of Bangkok, across Mahachai Road from the Golden Mount. 
 
The viharn, or ordination hall, of Wat Ratchanatdaram is parallel to the canal. Built in the style of Rama III, the viharn has square supporting pillars around it. Inside it is a copper Buddha image. It was placed there in 1864 by King Rama III. King Rama IV named it Phra Setthamuni.


To the west of the viharn is Loha Prasa, or metal pagoda, which I describe in a page of its own.
There is an amulet market at Wat Ratchanaddaram. The amulets, or talisman, is wore as protection against malevolent spirits as well as to ward off misfortune. Most Thai people who are Buddhist carry at least one amulet with them at all times. The majority of these amulets bear the image of statues from famous wats. Some show holy men, Thai kings (the most popular being Rama V), and quite interestingly, a many-armed monk with his hands closing his eyes, his ears and his mouth, to give him better concentration, but to the outsider, appears like a human version of the hear-no-evil, see-no-evil, say-no-evil monkey. Also common are Hindu deities.


In 2005, Wat Ratchanatdaram and the Loha Prasat were submitted to Unesco for consideration as a future World Heritage Site. Wat Ratchanatdaram is open daily from 8:00am to 5:00pm and admission is free.

 

The main for attraction for tourists visiting Wat Rachanadda Buddhist Temple in Bangkok must surly be the multi-tiered Loha Prasat Monastery or metal castle as it is known. It's inescapably the most striking feature here. The monastery is 36 metres high with 37 metal spires signifying 37 virtues toward enlightenment.

Loha Prasat first started it's life out in 1846 and was fashioned around an earlier Sri Lankan Temple. Originally conceived as a chedi to compliment the Wat, it has since evolved into an elaborate Meditation Chamber. Meditation cells can be seen at intersections dissected by passages on each level of the building. They all run from north to south and from east to west if this makes any sense to you.

The actual prasat itself consists of five concentric square towers with the outer, middle and center structures being crowned with cast iron spires hence the name Metal Castle. Supporting the towers at ground level are hefty laterite columns collectively forming an astonishing labyrinth of corridors. Inside you'll be amazed

Getting there: Wat Ratchanatdaram on Ratchadamnoen Klang Road, at the junction with Mahachai Road. The Skytrain and Metro DO NOT pass near here, the best way is Saen Saep Canal. or taxi. 

There are many other sights in this area, see zone link below. Opening hours: 9:00am-4:00pm Entrance fees: none



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