Wat Mangkon Kamalawat

Coordinates: 13°44′37″N 100°30′35″E / 13.74361°N 100.50972°E / 13.74361; 100.50972
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Wat Mangkon Kamalawat
วัดมังกรกมลาวาส
龍蓮寺
Nangklao
(Rama III)
Completed1846

Wat Mangkon Kamalawat (

vegetarian festival.[1][2]

It is located

Pom Prap Sattru Phai in the city's Chinatown, in a courtyard off Charoen Krung Road, accessed by an alleyway.[1][2] It is served by Wat Mangkon MRT station
located in front of the temple.

History

Wat Mangkon Kamalawat was founded as a Mahayana Buddhist temple in 1871[4] or 1872[2] (sources differ), by Phra Archan Chin Wang Samathiwat (also known as Sok Heng), initially with the name Wat Leng Noei Yi. It was later given its current name, Wat Mangkon Kamalawat, meaning "Dragon Lotus Temple", by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).[4]

Style and Layout

The temple is built in a classic

Buddha image in a fusion of Thai and Chinese style, and is fronted by an altar at which religious rites are performed.[2][4]

The main entrance to the

viharn (sermon hall) is flanked by large statues of the four guardians of the world, the Chatulokkaban, clothed in warrior costumes, two on each side. Around the temple there are shrines dedicated to a variety of Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian deities and religious figures, all important in local Chinese beliefs.[2][4]

At the rear of the temple stand three pavilions, one dedicated to the Chinese

Guan Yin,[5] one to the temple's founder, Phra Archan Chin Wang Samathiwat, and one to the saint Lak Chao.[4] Near the rear is also to be found a gallery containing cases of gilded Buddha images in the double Abhaya Mudra position.[1][2]

The courtyard in front of the main temple buildings is home to several other shrines, including a furnace for the ritual burning of paper money and other offerings to the devotees' ancestors.[1]

Timings

The temple is open from 8 am to 4 pm. Admission to this temple is free.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Bangkok for Visitors: Wat Mangkon Kamalawat
  2. ^ a b c d e f Asia Web: Wat Mangkon Kamalawat
  3. ^ Google Maps
  4. ^ a b c d e Nations Online: Wat Mangkon Kamalawat
  5. ^ Nations Online: Guan Yin
  6. ^ https://g.co/kgs/uqp3eV
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