Wat Pathum Khongkha

Wat Pathum Khongkha Ratchaworawihan
วัดปทุมคงคาราชวรวิหาร
Stupas at the temple.
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
SectTheravāda, Mahā Nikāya
Location
Location1620 Song Wat Rd, Samphanthawong, Samphanthawong, Bangkok
CountryThailand
Wat Pathum Khongkha is located in Thailand
Wat Pathum Khongkha
Shown within Thailand
Geographic coordinates13°44′11″N 100°30′30.39″E / 13.73639°N 100.5084417°E / 13.73639; 100.5084417 13°44′11″N 100°30′39″E
Architecture
TypeWat
StyleThai

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.