Wat Makut

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Tympanum of the assembly hall ( Wihan ) , Wat Makut

Wat Makut ( Thai : วัด ม กุ ฏ , full name Wat Makut Kasattriyaram Ratchaworawihan , วัด ม กุ ฏ ก ษั ตริ ยา ราม ราชวรวิหาร , also: Wat Makuṭakṣatriya ; Temple of the Royal Crown ) is a Buddhist temple ( wat ) in Bangkok , Thailand . Wat Makut is a second class royal temple .

location

Wat Makut is located in the north of the Phra Nakhon district . It is located on Thanon Krung Kasem (Street of Urban Happiness) directly on the southern bank of the Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem . Wat Somanat Wihan is only about 500 meters to the southeast .

history

After the Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem was completed as an outer moat around the so-called Rattanakosin Island, King Mongkut wanted his own royal temple. It should lie on a canal, as was the custom in Ayutthaya . He bought an orchard next to the recently completed Wat Somanat Wihan and commissioned Chaophraya Si Suriyawong with the construction. In 1868 work on the temple was finished, which was initially called Wat Nam Banyad ( วัด นาม บัญญัติ ). Since the king had died in the meantime, the temple was given the name Wat Makut Kasattriyaram and the rank of Royal Second Class Temple in his honor.

The later Supreme Monk Patriarch of Thailand Vajirañāṇavarorasa lived here in the temple as a monk from November 1879 to the beginning of 1882.

In the early 21st century, the temple was restored by the Crown Property Bureau and the Fine Arts Department . The work was completed in 2007 on the 80th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej . For the execution there was an award, the "Architectural Conservation Award" of the "Asa Association of Siamese Architects".

Attractions

As in the neighboring temple Wat Somanat Wihan, the buildings of Phutthawat are oriented in a northeast-southwest direction. The ordination hall ( Phra Ubosot ) is located in the southwest part of Phutthawat, the sacred area dedicated to the Buddha. It is bordered with a low wall. To the north-east of this is the Phra Chedi, which is enclosed by a square gallery ( Phra Rabiang ) that is open inwards . The northeastern part of the Phra Rabiang is occupied by the assembly hall ( Phra Wihan ) .

  • Wihan - The gable board is richly decorated with the symbol of King Mongkut: the crown . This symbol can also be found on the borders of the windows and doors.
  • Ubosot - Here, too, the royal crown can be found on the gable board and the window and door frames. The main Buddha statue is made of bronze with a gold coating. It is 2 Sok 1 Kueb 8 Niu high (see old dimensions and weights : 1.43 meters) and measures 2 Sok 9 Niu (1.18 meters) at knee height . She sits in what is known as a busabok ( บุษบก ), a throne-like pavilion. The unusual wall paintings in the Ubosot are noteworthy. They date from the second half of the 19th century, their style is partly reminiscent of the reliefs of the "Stupa of Barhut" ( Madhya Pradesh , Central India).

  • Assembly Hall (Wihan) , Wat Makut

  • Tympanum, Ordination Hall (Ubosot)

  • Assembly hall window

  • Window of the ordination hall

  • View into the gallery (Phra Rabiang)

swell

  • สุนทรี ยา ศรี วร ขันธ์: "๘๐ พระ อาราม หลวง กรุงเทพมหานคร" (Suntharia Sriworakhan: 80 Royal Temples in Bangkok ). Than Books, Bangkok 2550 [2007]; ISBN 978-974-7814-36-1
  • สมคิด จิ ระ ทัศน กุล: รูป แบบ พระ อุโบสถ และ พระ วิหาร ( structure of Phra Ubosot and Phra Wihan ). เมือง โบ ราน (Mueang Boran Publishing), Bangkok 2547 (2004), ISBN 974-7383-59-4

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.renown-travel.com/temples/wat-makut.html
  2. ↑ Page on Wat Makut of the Crown Property Bureau (in Thai)
  3. ↑ MuangBoran Journal Vol.35 No.4, 2009 ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (in English)

Web links

Commons : Wat Makut  - collection of images, videos and audio files


Coordinates: 13 ° 45 ′ 51.2 "  N , 100 ° 30 ′ 23.8"  E