Wat Chaiyaphrueksamala Ratchaworawihan ( th, วัดชัยพฤกษมาลาราชวรวิหาร), known in short as Wat Chaiyaphrueksamala () and Wat Chaiyaphruek () is a wat, second-class royal Buddhist temple in ''ratchaworawihan'' type. It is located beside Khlong Maha Sawat, around the mouth of the canal, where it converges with Khlong Bangkok Noi, northeasternmost of Taling Chan District. Across Khlong Maha Sawat is an area of Tambon Wat Chalo, Amphoe Bang Kruai, Bang Kruai District, Nonthaburi Province.
The temple was built during the Ayutthaya period. On founding the new city at Thonburi in 1767, some brick structures of the temple were disassembled and the brick removed for use in the construction of the new city wall. During the reign of King Rama I (1782–1809), the Front Palace, Crown Prince Chim (later King Rama II) attempted to rebuild this abandoned temple, but the construction was not completed because of the war. The work was not undertaken again until 1851 when King Rama IV (1851–1868) donated some money to complete the restoration. He named it "Wat Chaiyaphrueksamala". In the old ordination hall, the principal Buddha image in the Maravijaya attitude, Māravijaya attitude is enshrined, and was named ''Phra Phutthachai Mongkhon'' (พระพุทธชัยมงคล). A stūpa, built in the reign of King Rama IV, was restored by Mom Chao, M.C. Phoem Ladawan in 1935 and was used to house the royal relics of King Rama III (1824–1851) and other royal members as well.
The new ordination hall facing the north (Khlong Maha Sawat), it was built in 1973 and completed in 1974. King Rama IX (1946–2016) presided over the opening ceremony on March 30, 1978 and performed the principal Buddha image casting ceremony.
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The Sala kan parian, sermon hall is located on the east side of the temple near Khlong Maha Sawat. Built in 1938, it is a Sala Thai, Thai-style building made of bricks and cement. It is currently used as part of the music and dance activities of Kusol Suksa School, an elementary school under the patronage of the temple.
Wat Chaiyaphrueksamala is a beautiful temple, and the location of the temple was once under the administration of Tambon Maha Sawat, Amphoe Bang Kruai of Nonthaburi Province.]
Gallery
file:วัดชัยพฤกษมาลาราชวรวิหาร เขตตลิ่งชัน กรุงเทพมหานคร (20).jpg, The principal Buddha image in the old ordination hall
file:วัดชัยพฤกษมาลาราชวรวิหาร เขตตลิ่งชัน กรุงเทพมหานคร (11).jpg, Memorial of King Rama II, a temple restorer
file:วัดชัยพฤกษมาลาราชวรวิหาร เขตตลิ่งชัน กรุงเทพมหานคร (21).jpg, The decorative windows inside the old ordination hall
file:วัดชัยพฤกษมาลาราชวรวิหาร เขตตลิ่งชัน กรุงเทพมหานคร (23).jpg, Façade of the new ordination hall
file:วัดชัยพฤกษมาลาราชวรวิหาร เขตตลิ่งชัน กรุงเทพมหานคร (18).jpg, Beside new ordination hall
References
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วัดชัยพฤกษมาลาราชวรวิหาร (in Thai)
Taling Chan district
category:Buddhist temples in Bangkok
Registered ancient monuments in Bangkok