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Wat Suthat Bangkok Thailand

King Rama I founded the temple at the central area of the city and built the sizable Wiharn as the Wiharn of Wat Phanan Choeng in Ayutthaya. Then the Sukhothai style bronze Buddha image, brought from Wat Mahathat in Sukhothai, was installed inside the Wiharn. The image was called Phra Toh or Phra Yai means big Buddha image. The Wiharn (main hall) was completed in the reign of King Rama III. Then the Ubosot (ordination hall) was built along with the principal Buddha image. The temple was then named Wat Suthat Thepwararam. Later, King Rama IV named the principal image inside the Wiharn Phra Phuttha Srisakkayamuni and the principal image inside the Ubosot Phra Phuttha Trilokachet.

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Wat Suthat Thepwararam Bangkok Thailand

Wat Suthat Bangkok Thailand

Location: Thanon Bamrungmuang opposite the Office of Bangkok administration Authority, Phranakorn District

Established under the royal command of Rattanakosin’s King Rama  I with original name Wat Mahasuthavas, the temple—later renamed by King Rama III Wat Suthat Thepwararam—is one of the six significant monasteries of Thailand and recognize d as bestplanned structure. Enshrined in the vihara is the beautiful Buddha image in the Attiude of subduing Mara Phra Sri Sakaya Muni.

Open daily for the temple visit between 08.30-21.00 hours and between 09.00-16.00 hours for the Ubosot.

More information at Wikipedia

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Likay Traditional dance of thailand

If khon and  lakhon are classical  art, then likay is  slapstick comedy performed
for the masses.  The obvious lack  of deep artistic  talent is made  up for with
unabashed  exuberance and  a strong  sense of  earthiness. A  form of  people’s
theater performed at most provincial fairs, likay relies heavily on  predictable
plots, outrageous dou  ble entendres, and  lowball comedy. Perform  ers interact
directly  with  the  audience,  which  responds  with  raucous  laughter  at the
political  sarcasm and  sexual innuendo.  Costumes worn  by the  untalented but
enthusiastic actors run from gaudy jewelery  to heavy makeup. It is ironic  that
television, the  universal destroyer  of tra  ditional theater,  has helped keep
likay alive by broadcasting daily performances of soapopera sophistication.

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