Bell tower ( th, หอระฆัง; ) is one category of the Thai architectural structure in a
wat
A wat ( km, វត្ត, ; lo, ວັດ, ; th, วัด, ; khb, 「ᩅᨯ᩠ᨰ」(waD+Dha); nod, 「ᩅ᩠ᨯ᩶」 (w+Da2)) is a type of Buddhist temple and Hindu temple in Cambodia, Laos, East Shan State, Yunnan, the Southern Provi ...
for signaling the
monks
A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedicat ...
to do their praying ceremony.
Type of structure
* Wood
* Masonry
* Reinforced Concrete
* Composite
Shape
* Square
* Hexagonal
* Octagonal
* Circle
Roof styles
* Gable with Thai classical ornament
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Mondop
The ''mondop'' ( th, มณฑป, from Pali/Sanskrit ) is a building form in traditional Thai religious architecture featuring a square or cruciform building with a usually pointed roof. In the narrow sense, it refers to an enclosed square buildin ...
* Tetrahedron
* Pavilion Crown
*
Thai Crown
*
Chedi (bell-shaped)
*
Prang
Prang may refer to:
Places
* Prang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a town of Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan
*Prang Besar, an old name for Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia
* Prang Ghar Tehsil or Pran Ghar Subdivision, a subdivisi ...
* Thai castle superstructure ornament
* Western, Chinese or other architectural style
* Combination
Buddhism’s meaning, symbol and philosophy
* Wake up, attained the Truth and feeling of Peacefulness.
External links
Thai ArchitectureBuddhist Art: Architecture Pt.1Wat Phra Kaew’s Bell Tower
References
* Karl Döhring, ''Buddhist Temples of Thailand: An Architectonic Introduction'', White Lotus Press, 2000.
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