Wat Paramaiyikawat
Wat Paramaiyikawat | |
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Theravāda, Mahā Nikāya | |
Region | central Thailand |
Location | |
Location | 51 Moo 7, Ko Kret, Pak Kret, Nonthaburi |
Country | Thailand |
Geographic coordinates | 13°54′45.55″N 100°29′22.88″E / 13.9126528°N 100.4896889°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Mon people |
Wat Paramaiyikawat Warawihan (
The temple is classified as the second rank of royal temple. It is believed that it was built in the late
In 1764, when the Burmese occupied the city during the
Interior
Originally, it was an upright pagoda. Later on, water eroded the bank therefore causing the pagoda to tilt about the year 1891, despite efforts to restore it in 1992, it was unsuccessful. The pagoda is replica of the Shwemawdaw Pagoda of Bago, Myanmar which is a pagoda that is worshiped and highly respected by the Mons.[2]
Presently, the leaning pagoda regarded as the symbol and landmark of Ko Kret. It is very beautiful when viewed from the midstream or from a boat that passes through because its location is the confluence of waterways Chao Phraya and Lat-Kret with Om-Kret.[2] [3] Both pagoda and temple has been registered as national
Wat Paramaiyikawat also regarded as the gateway of Ko Kret because it has a ferry pier opposite the mainland of Nonthaburi (Pak Kret) which is a very popular route.[4]
References
- ^ "วัดปรมัยยิกาวาส" [Wat Paramaiyikawat]. Thailand Tourism Directory (in Thai). Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ a b c Lung Boran (2018-09-10). ""เจดีย์เอียง" วัดปรมัยยิกาวาส เกาะเกร็ด เมื่อยังไม่เอียง" ["Tilt Pagoda", Wat Paramaiyikawat, Ko Kret when not tilted]. Silpa-mag (in Thai). Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "เกาะเกร็ด" [Ko Kret]. touronthai (in Thai). Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "นั่งเรือข้ามฝาก "เที่ยวเกาะเกร็ด" เดินตลาดรอบเกาะ เที่ยวชมธรรมชาติใกล้เมืองหลวงแค่ไม่กี่กิโล" [Take a ferry "Ko Kret travel" around the island to visit the nature near the capital just a few km]. CheckInChill (in Thai). 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2019-05-30.