Visit Temples

Bangkok's temples are a unique, in part of Thailand's capital heart and soul. Once you're in Thailand, your trip would not be complete without visiting at least few of them.

The best time to visit most temples is in the early morning. It's cooler and generally less crowded. 

GRAND PALACE Temple of Emerald Buddha 

The Grand Palace was the first place I've visited since I entered to the BIG Mango, Bangkok 10 years ago. I've heard every visitor to Bangkok should once see the magnificent building within the Grand Palace to get a feeling of the grandeur architectural style, and the Temple the Emerald Buddha (officially known as Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram) is regarded as the most important Buddhist temple in Thailand, within the grounds of the Grand Palace, it ehshrines Phra Kaew Morakot (the Emerald Buddha), the highly revered Buddha image meticulously carved from a single block of jade. The temple of Emerald Buddha is beautifully decorated and has a great sense of peace about it. Read more about The Grand Palace

The Reclining Buddha

 Wat Pho is a Buddhist temple located in the Rattanakosin district directly adjacent to the Grand Palace (Wat Phra Keaw) as known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. The Wat Pho complex consists of two walled compounds bisected by Soi Chetuphon running east–west. The northern walled compound is where the reclining Buddha and massage school are found. The southern walled compound, Tukgawee, is a working Buddhist monastery with monks in residence and a school. Outside the temple, the grounds contain 91 chedis (stupas or mounds), four viharas (halls) and a bot (central shrine). 71 chedis of smaller size contains the ashes of the royal family, and 21 large ones contain the ashes of Buddha. The four chedis are dedicated to the four Chakri kings. The temple has sixteen gates around the complex guarded by Chinese giants carved out of rocks. These statues were originally imported as ballast on ship trading with China.

The outer cloister has images of 400 Buddhas out of the 1200 originally bought by king Rama V. In terms of architecture, these are varied in different styles and postures, but these are evenly mounted on matching gilded pedestals.The main temple is raised in marble platform punctuated by mythological lions in the gateways. The exterior balustrade has around 150 depictions of the epic, Ramakien, the ultimate message of which is transedence from secular to spiritual dimensions. More about Wat Pho

Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan (วัดพระมหาธาตุวรมหาวิหาร)

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A royal temple of the first class. Inside the temple are many buildings of importance, especially the royal building which has beautiful architecture from the Ayutthaya period and the Sam Chom building where the Buddha image attired in royal wardrobe Phra Si Thamma Saokarat is housed.