WAT DUSIDARAM (WORAWIHAN )
This temple was founded in the Ayutthaya period on the west bank of Chao Phraya River , near the mouth of Bangkoknoi Canal , and formerlyknown as Wat Saoprakhon. HRH Princess Srisun?thorm jep, the daughter of King Rama I restored it, and Krom Phraratchawangbowon Maha Senanurak refurbished it and gave it its new name.
In the reign of King Rama VI, Somdet Krom Phraya Vachirayanvarorod ordered Wat Bhumin rajpaksi, which had only one monk , to merge with Wat dusidaram. In World War II, Wat Dusidaram and wat Noithongyu were damaged in an air raid, so there temples were also merged.
Ubosot: The main chapel's three-tiered roof is decorated with chorfa, bairaka and hanghong. The Iower part of the gable is made of bricks and mortar and the upper part is decorated with carved wood. The door and window arches are decorated with carved mortar, and inside is a mural painting by an rtist of the King Rama I period.
prarabieng: The balcony surrounding the ubos has 64 gilded mortar standing Buddha image enshrined in its arches.
OId Ubosot: This chapel comes from Wat Bhumi narajaksi. Its gable decoration shows Narai (the t idu god, Vishnu) mounted on a garuda with dancing peacocks
decorated with coloured mirror glass.
Chedi: The base is in the form of mermaid, with fish and elephants around it, but it is now in very poor condition.
Chedi: The base is in the form of mermaid, with fish and elephants around it, but it is now in very poor condition.
OId Wihan: This praye hall is built in the form, a boat. The gable
shows Narai mounted on a
garuda, and there is a standing Buddha image in the Blessing posture.
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