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 *

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 Architecture

Buddhist Art: Architecture Pt.1

Wat Phra Kaew’s Bell Tower

References

* Karl Döhring, ''Buddhist Temples of Thailand: An Architectonic Introduction'', White Lotus Press, 2000. {{Thailand-struct-stub