泰国大城阿育他耶 ( Thailand Ayutthaya) Si Nakharin Park II
Wat Phra Ngam
Somdet Phra Sri Nakharin Park was set
up in honour of the late H.R.H Princess Sri
Nagarindra Borommaracha Chonani, the
mother of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadey
(Rama IX). The Moken sea nomads in the
southern Thai islands still refer to her fondly as Somdet Ya, roughly Royal Grandmother,
while Northern hill tribe people called her Mae Fa Luang (Royal Mother of the
Sky). She has also been fondly remembered as Princess Mother. She passed away
at 1995 .
The garden has been opened by the late
HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana at
1985 on the occasion of the 80th
birthday of the Princess Mother the same year.
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Wat Wang Chai
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Wat Wang Chai
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Wat Wang Chai
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Wat Wang Chai
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Wat Wang Chai or the “Chai Palace
Monastery” was situated behind one of the many fortresses surrounding the
ancient city and guarding the entry of the water gates.
Prince Thianracha, before ascending the
throne as King Chakkraphat ( 1548-1569),
had his residence in this area. On
ascending the throne and stay in Grand
Palace ,
he ordered his former estate to be
transferred into a recitation hall
and had additional an ordination hall
built. The temple as such was given the name Wat
Wang Chai, which means “Monastery of
the Palace of Victory”.
The area in which this temple ruin is
located was before important, as most of the palace
officials and important persons were
living on both sides of the Chao Phraya River
between Wat Phutthai Sawan and Wat
Chai Watthanaram. There was an important ferry
(Tha Wang Chai) near the monastery
linking the city island with the landing at the mouth
of the Takhian canal.
In situ is a large ordination hall
with a chedi on its west side in the classical East-West
axis. On its north side stands a
vihara with satellite chedis and some other monastic
structures. The whole is surrounded by
an outer wall called Kamphaeng Kaeo or Crystal
wall.
The remnants of the main chedi rests
on a square platform, while its base is triple
octagonal representing the three
worlds or the Trai Phum. The three worlds are: the
sensual worlds, the form world, and
the formless world, together forming the Buddhist
cosmology. The octagonal shape of the
base stands for the four cardinal and the four
inter-cardinal directions.
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Wat Wang Chai
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Wat Maha Saman or the “Monastery of
the Great Schomburgks’ Deer” is located
opposite to Siriyalai palace.
There is a ordination hall with its entrance to the east.
At its West side stands a bell-shaped Thai style chedi. The ubosot was
surrounded with an inner wall. The whole monastery was surrounded with a moat.
The temple could be called after the
Schomburgks’ Deer , a deer endemic to
Thailand and making reference to the
Jataka of the "Deer King",
where Buddha in a
previous life takes the form of a deer
being leader of a herd of deer in the
Isipatanamarukatiyawan Forest.
The temple bearing the name "Maha
Saman", could also be translated "the rising
morning", referring at the
guardian deity of the Theravada Buddhist religion and Sri
Lanka. Sumana Saman invited Lord
Buddha to the Samanalakanda and on request
Gautama Buddha left his foot print on
the rock at top of the Sri Pada mountain (Adam's
Peak) as a token of symbolic worship
2,580 year ago. Following his death, Prince
Sumana Saman became a god by the name
God Maha Sumana Saman. The God Maha
Sumana Saman is depicted crowned and
bejeweled, holding a lotus flower in his right
hand while accompanied by a white
elephant.
Its historical background and period
of construction are unknown.
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Wat Maha Saman
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Wat Maha Saman
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Wat Maha Saman
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Wat Phra Ngam
Historical data about Wat Phra Ngam or
the "Monastery of the Beautiful Buddha" and its construction is unknown.
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Wat Phra Ngam
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