Ban Bat ( th, บ้านบาตร, , ; also spelled Banbatt) is one of the five sub-districts ('' khwaeng'') in the

Pom Prap Sattru Phai District Pom Prap Sattru Phai ( th, ป้อมปราบศัตรูพ่าย, , or popularly just called Pom Prap, ) is one of the 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Dusit, Pathum Wan, ...

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of Thailand. It has an area of . Some parts of the northern area are on the Khlong Maha Nak canal. The west side borders the Samran Rat Sub-district of Phra Nakhon District.

History & toponymy

The name ''Ban Bat'' means "alms bowl community". Locals believe that their ancestors immigrated from

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after its fall in 1767. In 1782, Phyra

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(Rama I) established what is today's Bangkok. The refugees settled there, but the date of their migration is unclear. They were known for creating monk's alms bowls, which required handcrafting and manual labor. This tradition has lasted to the modern day. Locals have established the Ban Bat Community, a group that preserves the monk's alms bowl tradition and sells alms bowls to visitors as souvenirs. Ban Bat was also home to the house and band of Luang Pradit Pairoh, who was regarded as a master of

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Places

Another old community, Ban Dokmai, is nearby. It has a tradition of making fireworks ("firework" in Thai called ''dokmai fai'' ( th, ดอกไม้ไฟ; ; literally 'flame flower'). Similar to the alms bowls of Ban Bat, this tradition may be lost. Other points of interest include the following: *

Wat Saket Wat Saket Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan ( th, วัดสระเกศราชวรมหาวิหาร, usually shortened to Wat Saket is a Buddhist temple (''wat'') in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, Bangkok, Thailand. The temple dates ba ...

and Golden Mount * Maen Si Intersection * Sommot Amon Mak Bridge * Ban Dokmai Palace of Prince

Purachatra Jayakara Purachatra Jayakara, Prince of Kamphaengphet ( th, บุรฉัตรไชยากร; ; 23 January 1881 – 14 September 1936) was a Prince of Siam and a member of the Siamese Royal Family (later Thailand). He founded the House of Chatraj ...

* Khlong Thom Moreover, the area around Wat Saket is also a large source of the shops that line a comprehensive range of wood products and handicraft. Currently, some of them have moved to settle in Bang Pho, Bang Sue District.

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* {{Coord, 13, 45, 3.49, N, 100, 30, 24.13, E, region:TH_type:landmark, display=title Pom Prap Sattru Phai district Neighbourhoods of Bangkok Subdistricts of Bangkok