Wat Arun by junge1

Photography • Architecture • posted on Oct 12, 2012

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Wat Arun, the 'Temple of Dawn', is named after the Indian god of dawn, Aruna. The temple is located on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. The present wat is built on the site of 17th century Wat Jang, which was the palace and royal temple of King Taksin when Thonburi was the Thai capital. It was the last home of the Emerald Buddha before Rama I brought it across the river to Bangkok. The 82-meter tall prang (Khmer-style tower) was constructed during the first half of the 19th century by Rama II and Rama III. The unique design elongates the typical Khmer prang into a distinctly Thai shape. Its brick core has a plaster covering embedded with a mosaic of broken, multi-hued Chinese porcelain; the use of broken porcelain for temple ornamentation was common in the early Ratanakosin period when Chinese ships calling at Bangkok used tons of old porcelain as ballast. Steep stairs reach a lookout point about halfway up the prang from where there are fine views of Thonburi and the river. During certain festivals, hundreds of lights illuminate the outline of the prang at night. This picture was taken on 12 August 2012, Sig...

Comments (25)

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UVDan

4:31PM | Fri, 12 October 2012

Thanks for the tour and the beautiful photo!

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iborg64

4:47PM | Fri, 12 October 2012

very nice photo I have been to a great many Thai temples but not this one yet, my wife being Thai loves to take me around as many temples as possible we have seen the Emerald Buddha at Wat Phra Rattanasatsadaram.

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nefertiabet

4:49PM | Fri, 12 October 2012

Wonderful photo and thanks for info!!! Have a nice weekend :-)

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sandra46

5:50PM | Fri, 12 October 2012

superlative beauty!

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efron_241

5:57PM | Fri, 12 October 2012

fanastic architecture

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flavia49

7:48PM | Fri, 12 October 2012

marvelous temple and capture

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npauling

8:25PM | Fri, 12 October 2012

A very impressive temple and a great capture of it.

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Isabelle711

9:08PM | Fri, 12 October 2012

This is breathtaking beauty my friend. :))))) I thank you so very much for sharing your travels. :))))) Most excellent capture. :)))) Thank you for sharing all of the beauty you see. :)))) Carry A Smile In Your Heart :)))))

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