Wat Bophit Phimuk Worawihan | buddhist temple

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Wat Bophit Phimuk Worawihan, วัดบพิตรภิมุขวริหาร, is a second grade Royal Temple or Woriwiharn. This was originally an ancient civil temple built sometime after the Ayutthaya period and named Wat Lain or Wat Choeng Lain, due to the temple's location by the bank of the river where the area had an abundance of lain (mud or muck). Around 1781 (B.E. 2324) during the reign of King Rama I, Krom Phra Ratchawangbowon Sathan Phimuk renovated the entire temple and the king named it Wat Bophit Phimuk. In the reign of King Rama II, an epidemic of cholera killed many people and their bodies were piled in the temple's graveyard. In King Rama III's reign, the wood structures were demolished and replaced by masonry buildings. Later, King Rama IV had the temple restored again and a teak wooden pavilion was built with the design of the King's emblem, a royal crown on a pedestal guarded by mythical animals. This still appears on the front and side of the pavilion. The monks' residences show a combination of Thai and Chinese styles.