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Sala Thammasop
Sala Thammasop ( th, ศาลาธรรมสพน์, ) is a ''khwaeng'' (sub-district) of Bangkok's Thawi Watthana district. It has an area of 28.698 km2 (about 11 mi2). History The name ''Sala Thammasop'' refers to a 'pavilion for sermons', but in the past it was called ''Sala Tham Sop'' meaning 'funeral pavilion'. King Mongkut (Rama IV) ordered the digging of the (Khlong Maha Sawat) with ''salas'' (pavilions) along the banks of the canal. There were twin salas for disposing of the bodies of those who died digging the canal. It was called ''Sala Tham Sop''. The name was later changed to the more pleasant-sounding ''Sala Thammasop''. Another of the salas was ''Salaya'', a sala that housed medical textbooks. It became the name of Salaya Subdistrict of Phutthamonthon District. Places * Sala Thammasop railway station * Phuttamonthon Sai 2 Railway Halt *Thongsuk College *Utthayan Avenue *Borommaratchachonnani Road 250px, Borommaratchachonnani Road and parallel overpass in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khwaeng
A ''khwaeng'' (, ) is an administrative subdivision used in the fifty districts of Bangkok and a few other city municipalities in Thailand. Currently, there are 180 ''khwaeng'' in Bangkok. A ''khwaeng'' is roughly equivalent to a ''tambon'' in other provinces of Thailand, smaller than an ''amphoe'' (district). With the creation of the special administrative area of Bangkok in 1972 the ''tambon'' within the area of the new administrative entity was converted into ''khwaeng''.Item 17 of The common English translation for ''khwaeng'' is subdistrict. Historically, in some regions of the country ''khwaeng'' referred to subdivisions of a province (then known as ''mueang'', predating the modern term ''changwat''), while in others they were called ''amphoe''. Administrative reforms at the beginning of the 20th century standardized them to the term ''amphoe''. ''Khwaeng'' of Bangkok ''Khwaeng'' in City Municipalities See also *Subdivisions of Thailand References {{reflist Sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sala (Thai Architecture)
A sala ( sa, śāla, शाला (IAST: śālā), th, ศาลา ; km, សាលា ), also known as a Sala Thai, is an open pavilion, used as a meeting place and to give people shade. With etymological roots in the Sanskrit ''sala'', the word in Thai connotes buildings for specific purposes, such as ''sala klang'' ('provincial hall'). Most are open on all four sides. They are found throughout Thailand in Buddhist temple areas, or wats, although they can also be at other places. A person who builds a sala at a temple or in a public place gains religious merit. A sala located in a temple is called a ''salawat'' (ศาลาวัด). Some temples have large salas where laity can hear sermons or receive religious instruction. These are called ''sala kan parian'' (ศาลาการเปรียญ), meaning 'pavilion where monks learn for the Parian examination'. The city halls or offices of the province governors are called ''sala wa kan'' (ศาลาว่ากา ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utthayan Avenue
Utthayan Road ( th, ถนนอุทยาน, ), formerly and still colloquially known as Aksa Road (, ), is a road in Bangkok, which is popularly regarded as the most beautiful road in Thailand. It is a broad avenue in western Bangkok's suburban Thawi Watthana District, and leads to the Buddhist park of Phutthamonthon in the adjacent Phutthamonthon District of Nakhon Pathom Province. It has been maintained by the Public Works Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). The road, in width, runs a short distance of , divided into approximately in Nakhon Pathom Province and about in Bangkok. It is extensively landscaped with 979 ''hamsa'' (mythological swan) lampposts, -wide lotus-ponds in the central traffic island and three fountains. It serves as a link between Phuttamonthon Sai 3 and Phutthamonthon Sai 4 roads, and runs parallel between the nearby Phetkasem and Borommaratchachonnani roads. The road was conceived during the premiership of Field Marshal Plaek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thongsuk College
Thongsook College ( th, วิทยาลัยทองสุข) is a private higher education institute located in Boromratchonni Road, Thawi Watthana District, Bangkok, Thailand. Established in 1994, the college offers several undergraduate programs and a Thai master's degree program in business administration. They also provide a student managed Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (BA TESOL) program. OHEC inspections of the institutions last September and October determined that some courses had too few lecturers, while others had too many students enrolled, beyond the numbers officially reported to the OHEC. OHEC deputy chief Supat Champathong said after a commission meeting on Wednesday that it was decided to reveal the schools’ names to inform the public of issues pertaining to educational quality. Bangkok-based Thongsook College (three on campus and 11 off-campus), Supat said the issues related to these courses such as lecturers and student numbers could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sala Thammasop Railway Station
Sala Thammasop railway station is a railway station located in Sala Thammasop Subdistrict, Thawi Watthana District, Bangkok. It is a class 3 railway station located from Thon Buri railway station. Although it is a minor station, Sala Thammasop offers advance ticket booking services for general passengers like other railway stations. Considered as the last station of southern railway line in the area of Bangkok. Sala Thammasop railway station is located in Soi Sala Thammasop 26, which is surrounded by an environment similar to the countryside, despite the fact that it is located in Bangkok. It can be accessed by coming from the main road that is about away. In 2011 Thailand great floods, this station was also affected. Train services * Ordinary 261/262 Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) – Hua Hin – Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) * Commuter 355/356 Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) – Suphan Buri – Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) * Ordinary 251/252 Thon Buri – Prachuap Khiri Khan – Thon Buri * Ordinar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salaya, Thailand
250px, Phutthamonthon, a Buddhist park, Salaya Subdistrict Salaya ( th, ศาลายา, ) is a ''tambon'' (sub-district) of Phutthamonthon district, Nakhon Pathom province, central Thailand, to the west of Bangkok and part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. In 2017 it had a population of 9,784 people, Salaya contains six '' mubans'' (villages). History The word ''Salaya'' means 'medicine pavilion'. It got this name because in the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV), he ordered the digging of a '' khlong'' ('canal'), '' Khlong Maha Sawat'' through this area and building a '' salas'' ('Thai pavilion') on both banks of the khlong. For Salaya is a pavilion that contains textbooks about traditional Thai medicine for educating the general public, including being a sanatorium as well. Because it is close to Bangkok, Salaya has many important places such as Phutthamonthon, Utthayan Avenue, Mahidol University, Salaya railway station, Thai Film Archive, and the Naval Education Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traditional Thai Medicine
Traditional Thai medicine is a system of methods and practices, such as herbal medicine, bodywork practices, and spiritual healing that is indigenous to the region currently known as Thailand. While not all Buddhist medicine is Thai, Thai medicine is considered Buddhist medicine. History Traditional Thai medicine stems from pre-history indigenous regional practices with a strong animistic foundation, animistic traditions of the Mon and Khmer peoples who occupied the region prior to the migration of the T'ai peoples, T'ai medicine and animistic knowledge, Indian medical knowledge (arriving pre-Ayurveda) coming through the Khmer peoples, Buddhist medical knowledge via the Mon peoples, and Chinese medical knowledge (arriving pre- TCM) with the migration of the T'ais who came largely from southern China. In the early-1900s, traditional medicine was "outlawed as quackery" in favor of Western medicine, however by the mid-1990s traditional medicine was once again being supported by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khlong Maha Sawat
Khlong Maha Sawat ( th, คลองมหาสวัสดิ์, ), also known as Khlong Chaiyaphruek (คลองชัยพฤกษ์, ), is a ''khlong'' (canal) in Thailand. It is a man-made waterway dug in 1859–1860 in the reign of King Rama IV. Today it is listed by the Fine Arts Department as a national heritage site. It starts from Khlong Lat Bang Kruai (Khlong Bangkok Noi) near Wat Chaiyaphrueksamala, flows along the border of Nonthaburi's Bang Kruai with Taling Chan and Thawi Watthana of suburban Bangkok, then flows through Phutthamonthon to meet the Tha Chin River at Ngio Rai Subdistrict in Nakhon Pathom's Nakhon Chai Si District. Its length is . Note: Khlong Maha Sawat and Khlong Prapa Maha Sawat are two different canals. History Connecting Bangkok Noi Canal and the Tha Chin (Nakhon Chaisi) River, the 28 kilometre-long Maha Sawat Canal was created as a shortcut to Phra Pathom Chedi and to open up land on both banks to agriculture. In 1852, King Rama IV o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thawi Watthana District
Thawi Watthana ( th, ทวีวัฒนา, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbor, clockwise from north, are Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province, Taling Chan, Bang Khae, and Nong Khaem Districts of Bangkok, Sam Phran and Phutthamonthon of Nakhon Pathom province. History The district is named after Khlong Thawi Watthana, a very long ''khlong'' (canal) that runs roughly northwest-southeast through the area. It was a tambon, part of Taling Chan district of Thonburi Province in 1933. It was promoted to a district effective 6 March 1998. Administration The district is divided into two sub-districts (''khwaeng''). Places Utthayan Road (ถนนอุทยาน), the road toward Phutthamonthon which is 90 m wide, about 3,861 m long, and divided into the central avenue and two parallel lanes along both sides. The road was planned as part of the grand Phutthamonthon project of Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram, the then prime min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongkut
Mongkut ( th, มงกุฏ; 18 October 18041 October 1868) was the fourth monarch of Siam (Thailand) under the House of Chakri, titled Rama IV. He ruled from 1851 to 1868. His full title in Thai was ''Phra Bat Somdet Phra Menthora Ramathibodi Sri Sinthara Mahamakut Phra Mongkut Phra Siam Deva Mahamakut Wittaya Maharaj'' (พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรรามาธิบดีศรีสินทรมหามงกุฎ พระจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว พระสยามเทวมหามกุฏวิทยมหาราช). Outside Thailand, Mongkut is best known as the king in the 1951 musical and 1956 film ''The King and I'', based on the 1946 film '' Anna and the King of Siam''in turn based on a 1944 novel by an American author about Anna Leonowens' years at his court, from 1862 to 1867, drawn from Leonowens’ memoir. Siam first felt the pressure of Western expansionism during Mongku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
