thailand guided tour Travel Guide
WAT PATHUMWANARAM RAJAWARAWIHAN
Location:Rama IV Road, Patumwan District
After a visit to the elegant Thai houses and Thai silk at Jim Thompson’s Museum, Wat Pathumwanaram Rajawarawihan-an old monastery built under royal command of King Rama IV for his Queen-is another nearby sight to see.
Interesting are monuments including the ordination hall or Ubosot of Rattanakosin Style enshrining the Principle Buddha image in the Attitude of Subduing Mara; the pagoda or Chedi housing the marble replica of Budha’s Footprint; the marble Reclining Buddha image from Sri Lanka; the image hall or Vihara housing Buddha images from: and the half-sided pagoda enshrining the regnal Buddha image.
PHRANAKORN NATIONAL MUSEUM BANGKOK THAILAND
Phranakorn National Museam
Location: Thanon Na Phradhatu,
Originally was Rattanakosin’s King Rama IV’s private museum before the establishment of “ Museum for the People” in the