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THIS
IS
THE
THIRD
GRADE
ROYAL
TEMPLE
OF
WORAWIHAN.
PRINCE
WITSANUNART
NIPHA
THORN
(PRINCE
SUPRADIT
-
THE
FOUNDER
OF
SUPRADIT
NA
AYUTTHAYA
ROYAL
FAMILY
CLAN),
WHO
WAS
ONE
OF
OF
KING
RAMA
IV'S
SONS,
BUILT
THIS
TEMPLE
NEAR
HIS
PALACE.
HOWEVER,
HE
PASSED
AWAY
IN
1862
BEFORE
STARTING
THE
CONSTRUCTION
OF
THE
TEMPLE,
SO
KING
RAMA
IV
ORDERED
PRINCE
MAHESUAN
S/WAWILAT
(PRINCE
NOPPHAWONG
-
THE
FOUNDER
OF
NOPPHAWONG
NA
AYUTTHAYA
ROYAL
FAMILY
CLAN),
A
HALFBLOOD
OF
CHAO
CHOM
MARNDA
NOI
(THE
FIRST
CONCUBINE
OF
KING
RAMA
IV),
TO
CONTINUE
THE
CONSTRUCTION.
BUT
PRINCE
MAHESUAN
SIWAWILAT
ALSO
PASSED
AWAY
IN
1867
BEFORE
THE
CONSTRUCTION
WAS
COMPLETED.
SO
KING
RAMA
IV
CONTINUED
AND
COMPLETED
THE
CONSTRUCTION
AND
GRACIOUSLY
NAMED
THE
TEMPLE
WAT
TRI
THOTSATHEP
WHICH
MEANS
A
TEMPLE
THAT
WAS
BUILT
BY
3
DEITIES
WHICH
REFERS
TO
KING
RAMA
IV
AND
HIS
TWO
SONS
WHO
TRIED
TO
BUILD
THIS
TEMPLE
TOGETHER.
PHUK
PHATTHA
SIMA
(THE
TEMPLE'S
BOUNDARY
WHICH
WAS
FIXED
BY
MONKS)
CEREMONY
WAS
HELD
ON
JANUARY
7,
1949.
THE
IMPORTANT
BUDDHA
IMAGES
THAT
ARE
ENSHRINED
INSIDE
THE
ORDINATION
HALL
(PHRA
UBOSOTH)
ARE
AS
FOLLOWS:
THE
FIRST
ONE
IS
THE
PRINCIPAL
BUDDHA
IMAGE
IN
MEDITATION
POSTURE
WAS
MADE
FROM
ALLOY
AND
BUILT
BY
PRINCE
PHAK
PHIMONPHAN.
THE
OTHERS
ARE
TWO
STANDING
BUDDHA
IMAGES
HOLDING
ALM'S
BOWLS,
WEARING
PRINCE
WITSANUNART
NIPHA
THORN'S
CLOTHES
AND
ANOTHER
ONE
WEARING
PRINCE
MAHESUAN
SIWAWLAT'
CLOTHES,
BOTH
IMAGES
WERE
BUILT
BY
KING
RAMA
IV.