Wat Chaiwatthanaram, Ayuthaya Thailand

Wat Chaiwatthanaram is a Buddhist sanctuary in the city of Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, outside Ayutthaya island. It is quite possibly of Ayutthaya's most popular sanctuary and a significant vacation spot.

Wat Chaiwatthanaram lies on the west bank of Chao Phraya River, south west of the old city of Ayutthaya. It is an enormous compound piece of Ayutthaya Historical Park; but not a piece of Historic City of Ayutthaya, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. It tends to be reached by street or by boat.

The sanctuary was built in 1630 by the ruler, Prasat Thong, as the main sanctuary of his rule, as a remembrance of his mom's home around there. The sanctuary's name in a real sense implies the Temple of long rule and sublime time. It was planned in Khmer style to acquire Buddhist legitimacy and as a remembrance to his mother,however Prince Damrong accepted observing Ayutthaya Kingdom's triumph over Longvek was fabricated.

It has a focal 35-meter-high (115 ft) prang with four more modest prangs. The entire development remains on a rectangular stage. Mostly up there are covered up passages, to which steep steps lead.

The focal stage is encircled by eight chedi-formed churches (Meru Thit Meru Rai), which are associated by a rectangular cross-molded section (Phra Rabieng). The entry had various side sections and was initially roofed and open inwards, however today just the underpinnings of the points of support the external wall actually stand. Along the wall, there were 120 sitting Buddha sculptures, likely painted in dark and gold.

The eight chedi-like churches are shaped in an extraordinary manner. They had canvases on the inside walls, the outside ones adorned by 12 reliefs portraying scenes from the existence of Buddha (Jataka), which should be "read" clockwise. Simply pieces of the works of art and the reliefs made due. In each of the rectangular chedis were two sitting Buddha sculptures and in every one of the four center chedis was one major sitting Buddha sculpture, likewise lacquered in dark and gold. The roof over those sculptures was of wood with brilliant stars on dark finish.

Beyond the entries on the east, near the stream was the sanctuary's appointment corridor (Phra Ubosot). North and south from the Ubusot stood two chedis with 12 indented corners, in which the remains of the lord's mom were laid.

After the absolute obliteration of the old capital ( Krung Kao) by the Burmese in 1767, from which Wat Chai Watthanaram was not saved, the sanctuary was abandoned. Burglary, offer of blocks from the vestiges and the decapitation of the Buddha sculptures were normal. Just in 1987 did the Thai Department of Fine Arts begin reestablishing the site. In 1992 it was opened to the general population.