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  Wat Phitchaya Yahtikarahm Worawihaan

 

Thailand

Wat Phitchaya Yahtikarahm Worawihaan is an ancient Buddhist temple in Bangkok's Thonburi district, that at some was abandoned, until it in 1829 AD was renovated by Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Phichaiyaht, who also known as Tat Bunnag and whose statue today stands at the temple's front entrance (fig.), adjacent to this Buddha image in the the pahng hahm samut pose, i.e. standing while performing an abhaya-mudra with both hands raised.

 

In between the temple's front entrance and the ubosot are two stupas built in Singhalese style and known as Chedi Koo, i.e. the ‘Twin Pagodas’, which each are ca. 22 meter tall and are described as miniature versions of the Phra Borommathat Chedi (fig.) of Nakhon Sri Thammarat.

 

  Wat Phitchaya Yahtikarahm Worawihaan

 

  Wat Phitchaya Yahtikarahm Worawihaan

 

In the back of the compound is a ca. 42.82 meter tall white prang that incorporates a traditional Thai-style multiple temple roof with bird's head-like finials called chofa, and topped with a golden noppasoon, i.e. the decorative spire on the apex of the prang. The main tower is surrounded by four smaller prangs.

 

On each of the four sides of the main prang is a niche that contains a standing Buddha image. On the right and left sides of the ubosot, along the temple's surrounding walls, are small rock gardens fashioned in the style of Chinese rockery and used to enshrine ashes of deceased local citizens.

 

  Wat Phitchaya Yahtikarahm Worawihaan

 

  Wat Phitchaya Yahtikarahm Worawihaan

 

The ubosot's principal Buddha image is seated in the maravijaya pose and is known as Phra Sittharot, i.e. ‘Siddhartha Buddha’, as well as by the name Luang Pho Somprathana, which translates as the ‘Revered Father who Fulfills One's Wish’.

 

In front of the ubosot, to the right of the entrance is a golden statue of Thoranee (fig.), and to the left is a gilded statue of Phra Sangkatjaai.

 

  Wat Phitchaya Yahtikarahm Worawihaan

 

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