Wat Kanmatuyaram, or written as Wat Kanma Tuyaram ( th, วัดกันมาตุยาราม) is a small Thai civilian temple in

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, located on

Mangkon Road Bangkok's Chinatown is one of the largest Chinatowns in the world. It was founded in 1782 when the city was established as the capital of the Rattanakosin Kingdom, and served as the home of the mainly Teochew immigrant Chinese population, who ...

, Samphanthawong Sub-district, Samphanthawong District, regarded as another Thai temple located in the area of

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, in addition to

Wat Traimit The Golden Buddha, officially titled Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon ( th, พระพุทธมหาสุวรรณปฏิมากร; sa, Buddhamahāsuvarṇapaṭimākara), commonly known in Thai as Phra Sukhothai Traimit ( th, ...

. The entrance of the temple on

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located diagonally from Chinese temple

Wat Mangkon Kamalawat Wat Mangkon Kamalawat ( th, วัดมังกรกมลาวาส, ), previously (and still commonly) known as Wat Leng Noei Yi ( th, วัดเล่งเน่ยยี่, ; ), is the largest and most important Culture of China, Chin ...

. The temple belongs to

Dhammayuttika Nikaya Dhammayuttika Nikāya (Pali; th, ธรรมยุติกนิกาย; ; km, ធម្មយុត្តិកនិកាយ, ), or Dhammayut Order ( th, คณะธรรมยุต) is an order of Theravada Buddhist ''bhikkhus'' (monk ...

Theravada Buddhism ''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...

. The temple dating back to the King

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 Ramathibod ...

(Rama IV)'s reign. When Mrs. Kleap Sakhonwasi dedicated her flower garden, to be built as a Buddhist temple. She was the daughter of Yai Fang, the proprietor of the renowned

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area, who devote own land to create a temple

Wat Khanikaphon Wat Khanikaphon ( th, วัดคณิกาผล) is a Thai private temple in the Maha Nikaya tradition of Buddhism, It is at Phlapphla Chai, Khwaeng Pom Prap, Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Bangkok, in front of the Phlapphla Chai police stat ...

(now located on nearby

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). The temple was completed in 1864. When it completed, her son Mr. Kan Sakhonwasi became a royal page of King Mongkut and the king named it "Wat Kanmatuyaram", which means "temple of Mr. Kan’s mother". Highlights of this temple include the replica of

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in Lanka architectural style. In Thailand there are only two

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s of this kind, besides here is

Wat Sommanat Wihan Wat Sommanat Ratchaworawihan ( th, วัดโสมนัสราชวรวิหาร) or known in short Wat Sommanat Wihan and Wat Sommanat is a second classed royal Thai Buddhist monastery was built in 1853 by the order of King Mongkut ...

Nang Loeng 250px, Muay Thai bout at Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium Wat Sommanat ( th, วัดโสมนัส, ) is a '' khwaeng'' (sub-district) in Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Bangkok. Description & topography Wat Sommanat is named after Wat Sommanat ...

area. The temple gate stucco sculpted of floral and deities patterns. Shrine of Chinese Goddess

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located next to the outer temple wall.

References

{{reflist Buddhist temples in Bangkok Samphanthawong district 19th-century Buddhist temples Thai Theravada Buddhist temples and monasteries Registered ancient monuments in Bangkok Religious buildings and structures completed in 1864 1864 establishments in Siam