Wat Pathum Khongkha Ratchaworawihan | |
---|---|
วัดปทุมคงคาราชวรวิหาร | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhism |
Sect | Theravāda, Mahā Nikāya |
Location | |
Location | 1620 Song Wat Rd, Samphanthawong, Samphanthawong, Bangkok |
Country | Thailand |
Geographic coordinates | 13°44′11″N 100°30′30.39″E / 13.73639°N 100.5084417°E 13°44′11″N 100°30′39″E |
Architecture | |
Type | Wat |
Style | Thai |
Wat Pathum Khongkha Ratchaworawihan, or simple known as Wat Pathum Khongkha (Thai: วัดปทุมคงคาราชวรวิหาร, วัดปทุมคงคา) is a second class royal temple in the Talat Noi area of Bangkok's Chinatown near Tri Mit Road, which leads to Odeon Circle, the beginning of Yaowarat Road.
It is an ancient temple since Ayutthaya period. Until the early Rattanakosin period corresponding to the King Rama I's reign. The King's younger brother Prince Maha Sura Singhanat renovated the entire monastery as a merit making dedicated to his father Mr. Thongdee and renamed the temple to Wat Pathum Khongkha (temple of lotuses in water). Its formerly named as Wat Sampheng according to its location Sampheng, the Chinese and commercial quarters since those days.