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Wat Thepthidaram Woraviharn is a third-grade royal Buddhist temple in Bangkok’s Pratu Phi area, near Mahakan Fort and Wat Ratchanadda. Its roof rises without the usual Chofah Bai Raka. Chinese porcelain covers the gable, recalling Siam’s prosperous trade with China during the early Rattanakosin era.
King Rama III founded the temple in 1836 for his eldest daughter, Princess Vilas, and construction ended in 1839. She personally contributed to the building. The ordination hall holds Luang Pho Khao, a principal Buddha image carved from pure white stone and brought from the Grand Palace by Rama III. In 1971, King Bhumibol Adulyadej gave the image the name Phra Phuttha Thewavilas.
A sanctuary beside the ordination hall contains fifty-two images of bhikkhunīs, an unusual sight in Thai temples. Sunthorn Phu, a royal poet, lived here while ordained as a monk, and his former dwelling now houses the Sunthorn Phu Museum. Nearby, Khlong Lot Wat Thepthidaram forms part of the old moat system leading towards Bangkok City Hall on Dinso Road.
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