Wat Saket The golden mountain of Thailand

Wat Saket Ratchaworawihan (Wat Phukhao Thong) is located in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, Bangkok. It is an old temple in the Ayutthaya period and is a very beautiful temple with a golden chedi standing tall and majestic in the middle of the metropolis.

Wat Sraket Rajavaravihara It is an ancient temple in the Ayutthaya period, formerly known as Wat Sakae. Later, His Majesty King Buddha Yodfa Chulalok the Great, King Rama I ordered the restoration and excavation of a canal around the monastery and gave the new name Wat Saket. This temple is important in connection with the history of the Thai nation and has been associated with the Chakri Dynasty since the reign of King Rama I. Currently, Wat Saket is a royal temple.

Phra Borom Banphot, Wat Saket Ratchaworawihan

Phra Borom Banphot, this golden mountain chedi There is a great history as a Buddhist important place of Wat Saket Ratchawarawihan. It was built by 3 Kings of the Chakri Dynasty, namely King Nang Klao Chao Yu Hua, King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn. It took about 5 decades to build and is now over 200 years old. At the top is a glittering brass chedi, a replica of the chedi of Wat Phu Khao Thong in Ayutthaya province.

The golden mountain

This golden mountain pagoda is about 100 meters tall and has a width around 500 meters in diameter. During the reign of King Chulalongkorn, His Majesty the King performed the royal ceremony to bring the Buddha's relics worshiped in the Grand Palace to be enshrined in Phra Chedi Phu Khao Thong for the first time in 1897. 2nd time, His Majesty graciously pleased to contain the Buddha's relics brought from the city of Kapilavastu India. The 3rd time, His Majesty King Rama IX presided over the royal relics in the chedi at the top of the Mondop on January 22, 1954.

Wat Saket

In the monastery Wat Saket Ratchaworawihan (Wat Phukhao Thong) contains important buildings such as the Ubosot, which was built in the reign of King Rama I. Inside there are frescoes which were written in the reign of King Rama 3, but were damaged, so they were erased and rewritten in the reign of King Rama 7. There are images of Thotsachat, images of demons, and images of Tribhum around the Ubosot with parapet arches in all 8 directions.
The sema arch at Wat Saket, in the shape of an elephant coup, or a beautiful tiled façade in front of a lady, is a remarkable example of art.

Phra Viharn Phra Attharot of Wat Saket Ratchaworawihan

Chor Fah Bai Roka (Gold color)

Phra Attharot Temple The roof is covered with glazed tiles, with "Chor Fah Bai Roka" adorning the gables on both sides. It houses two sacred Buddha images, Phra Attharot and Luang Por Dusit. It is also used as a place for the Maha Samai Sutra to make holy water during the Songkran Festival for distribution to the people.

Phra Attharot

Phra Attharot has the full name Phra Attharot Sri Sukhotsaphon Yanbophit. It is a Buddha image in the posture of prohibiting relatives in the art of artisans in the early Sukhothai period, 700 years old. It is the tallest standing Buddha image in Bangkok with a height of 5 wa, 1 cubit, 10 inches (21 cubits 1 inch). Cast in bronze, the whole body without connections is enshrined on the Chukchi in the temple.

Luang Phor Dusit in Wat Phu Khao Thong

Luang Pho Dusit is a Buddha image in the attitude of subduing Mara. There is a history that it was originally the principal Buddha image of Wat Dusit temple before. When King Chulalongkorn built Dusit Palace and Dusit Park, the area had to be expanded beyond Wat Benchamabophit and Wat Dusit.

Therefore, please bring the principal Buddha image in the Ubosot of Wat Dusit to be enshrined in the room behind the Phra Attharot Temple, which is empty. later called “Luang Por Dusit” is enshrined at Wat Saket Ratchaworawihan (Wat Phu Khao Thong) until today.

How to get to Wat Saket (Wat Phu Khao Thong)
Taking a taxi to Wat Phu Khao Thong is the most convenient way. But if you want to take the bus, it's easy too. The buses that pass Wat Phu Khao Thong are the following bus numbers.

From Chakkraphong Road No. 8, 15, 37, 47, 49
From Bamrung Muang Road No. 15, 47, 48, 508
From Lan Luang Road No. 2, 44, 59, 60, 79, 183, 511
From Mahachai Road No. 56

Map https://goo.gl/maps/x84QZtG1AryTsRqt5

Annual merit-making activities of Wat Saket Ratchaworawihan (Wat Phu Khao Thong)

Buddhist mantra ceremony "Mahasamai Sutra" on April 15 of every year at 5:00 p.m.
Tak Bat Devorohana ceremony on the first day of the waning day of the 11th month at 6.00 a.m.
Ceremony to bring the red robes over the Lord Banphot (Golden Mountain) on the 8th day of the waxing moon of the 12th month at 6.00 a.m.
Annual worship ceremony Between the 8th waxing moon of the 12th lunar month to the 2nd waning moon of the 12th lunar month (During the Loy Krathong Festival 7 days and 7 nights) from 6.00 – 24.00

It is the most famous temple fair in Bangkok and the temple is open to the public to pay respect to the Buddha's relics at night as a special time.

Wat Saket Ratchaworawihan Gallery