Wat Saket

Wat Saket Ratchawora Mahawihan
วัดสระเกศราชวรมหาวิหาร (วัดสระเกศ)
The main wihan
Religion
AffiliationTheravada Buddhism
Location
LocationBoripat Road, Khwaeng Ban Bat, Khet Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100
CountryThailand
Wat Saket is located in Bangkok
Wat Saket
Shown within Bangkok
Geographic coordinates13°45′14″N 100°30′30″E / 13.75389°N 100.50833°E / 13.75389; 100.50833
Architecture
TypeThai Architecture
CompletedUnknown (believed to be Ayutthaya period;[1] renovated many times during the Rattanakosin period)
Website
www.facebook.com/watsraket

Wat Saket Ratchawora Mahawihan (Thai: วัดสระเกศราชวรมหาวิหาร), usually shortened to Wat Saket, is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, Bangkok, Thailand.

The temple dates back to the Ayutthaya era, when it was known as Wat Sakae (วัดสะแก). When Bangkok became the capital, King Rama I (1737–1809) renovated the temple and gave it its present name (which roughly translates as "wash hair"); it was believed that on his return from the war, the king stopped to take a bath and wash his hair here, before entering the inner city.[2]

  1. ^ "WAT SRAKESA". WAT360.
  2. ^ Pralongchoeng, Kilane (3 October 2017). "หมุดหมายแห่งสระเกศ" [Placemark of Saket]. Thairath (in Thai). Retrieved 19 September 2019.