Bangkok - P1 - Ayutthaya

Hello.... Punye la lama me nak update pasal Bangkok... mcm3 hal terjadi lately.. so agak terbantut jugak la nak menghapdet blog ini... moh la sambung cerita cuti2 ku..

7 Feb 2012

Setelah kematu punggung duk berbelas jam dr Hatyai ke Bangkok.. Alhamdulillah.. safely arrived at Hualamphong Station (Krungthep) around 8.30am..

Good Morning Bangkok!!!!!

Waiting train tu Ayutthaya.. phew.. tatau knape aku cam rasa public phone ni uniq.. see.. while gayut, i can seat :p hahaha

 

Otw to Ayutthaya. One way ticket - TB 20 je.. tapi kemain lama duk dlm ketapi..

Our Tourist guard at Ayutthaya Railway Station. Only 50bhat per person..

 1st Tample 

WAT YAI CHAI MONGKHON

Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon or the “Great Monastery of Auspicious Victory” is located
off the City Island in the southeastern area at present Tambon Phai Ling. In the past it
bears other names as Wat Pa Kaeo, Wat Chao Phraya Thai and Wat Yai Chaya
Mongkhon.

History of Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon 

Three of us..
 (Vihara of the Reclining Buddha)

(Main chedi)

I don't have any idea why this Doraemon was here.. Maybe someone can tell me the detail?

WAT MAHA THAT

Wat Maha That or the “Monastery of the Great Relic” is located on the city island in
the central part of Ayutthaya in Tha Wasukri sub-district. The temple is situated on the
corner of the present Chikun Road and Naresuan Road. The monastery stood on the
west bank of Khlong Pratu Khao Pluak, an important canal, which has been filled up
somewhere in the early 20th century. In ancient times the temple was likely fully
surrounded by canals and moats. The structure has been registered as a national historic
site by the Fine Arts Department on 8 March 1935 and is part of the Ayutthaya World Heritage Historical Park.

Thanon Si Sanphet,

 

 

WAT THAMMIKARAT

Wat Thammikarat most likely pre-dates the founding of Ayutthaya by King U-Thong in
1351. It is historically connected to a Khmer settlement named Ayodaya that was
situated just east of the current city island. Derick Garnier points out that,
"Archaeologists have found traces of a pre-12th century Dvaravati town on and
below the island of Wat Khun Muang Chai, Wat Maha That, and Tambon Bang
Kracha" (Garnier 39-40). Evidence suggests Wat Thammikarat also existed at this
early time. The “stone lions round the chedi are Khmer, and the colossal Reclining
Buddha, of which only the head remains, is in the style of Uthong” (Garnier 40).
This pre-Ayutthaya history is backed up by northern Thai chronicles, which state that
Phraya Thammikarat, who was son of King Sai Nam Phung, constructed this monastery,
and this is how it received its name (Kasetsiri & Wright 96).