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History
Thawon
Watthu
Building
was
constructed
by
the
initiation
of
King
Rama
V
who
considered
the
royal
cremation
ceremony
requiring
construction
of
an
enormous
temporary
cremation
hall
was
rather
a
waste.
His
idea
was
to
build
a
permanent
building
which
could
be
used
to
serve
other
functions
after
the
cremation
ceremony.
Accordingly,
in
1895,
the
occasion
of
10,000
Days
Anniversary
of
the
King’s
Accession
to
the
Throne,
King
Rama
V
had
H.R.H.
PrinceKrommaphraya
Narisaranuwattiwong
designing
Thaworawatthu
Building
and
Phraya
Samosonsapphakan
(That
Sirisamphan)
was
in
charge
of
the
construction.
King
Rama
V
presided
over
the
Foundation
Stone
Laying
Ceremony
on
13th
September
1896.
Certain
obstacles
had
delayed
the
construction
until
the
King
Rama
V
passed
away.
King
Rama
VI
then
had
the
work
completed
and
assigned
the
building
as
the
permanent
location
of
Ho
Phra
Samut
Wachirayan
(Wachirayan
Royal
Library),
officially
opened
by
the
King
on
6th
January
1916.
In
the
reign
of
King
Rama
VII,
the
amount
of
books
in
the
library
has
greatly
increased.
Therefore,
the
King
had
the
library
separated
into
2
places,
Wachirayan
Library
and
Thawon
Watthu
Building.
Wachirayan
Library
was
moved
to
Siwamokkhaphiman
Throne
Hall
in
the
Grand
Palace
to
preserve
religious
scriptures,
archives,
and
hand-written
documents.Thawon
Watthu
Building
was
assigned
for
keeping
books
which
belonged
to
King
Rama
VI,
printed
books
and
newspapers,
and
the
library
was
renamed
“Ho
Phra
Samut
Vajiravudh”
(Vajiravudh
Royal
Library).
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