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Wat Suwannaram

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วัดสุวรรณารามราชวรวิหาร เขตบางกอกน้อย กรุงเทพมหานคร (28)
วัดสุวรรณารามราชวรวิหาร เขตบางกอกน้อย กรุงเทพมหานคร (28)

Wat Suwannaram Ratchaworawihan (Thai: วัดสุวรรณาราม ราชวรวิหาร) or usually shortened to Wat Suwannaram and Wat Suwan (วัดสุวรรณาราม, วัดสุวรรณ; RTGS: Wat Suwan Naram, Wat Suwan) is an historic second-class royal temple in Bangkok located in Soi Charan Sanit Wong 32, Charan Sanit Wong Road, Siri Rat Subdistrict, Bangkok Noi District, Thonburi side, on the western bank of Khlong Bangkok Noi.

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Wat Suwannaram
Soi Charan Sanit Wong 32, Bangkok Bangkok Noi District

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Soi Charan Sanit Wong 32
10700 Bangkok, Bangkok Noi District
Bangkok, Thailand
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Khlong Bangkok Noi
Khlong Bangkok Noi

Khlong Bangkok Noi (Thai: คลองบางกอกน้อย; lit 'Bangkok Noi Canal') is a khlong (คลอง; canal) in Bangkok; its name is the origin of the name Bangkok Noi District. The canal, along with its counterpart Khlong Bangkok Yai, is actually a part of Chao Praya river's original course. However, a canal was constructed in 1552, during the reign of King Chairachathirat of the Ayutthaya Kingdom. He ordered the construction of a canal bypassing a meander on the Chao Phraya River to shorten travel time. As time passes, the canal was eroded and became gradually wider. The river was diverted through the new canal, and the old route became the two canals known today as Khlong Bangkok Yai and Khlong Bangkok Noi.In the early-Rattanakosin period, there was a floating market where vendor's boats and wooden houseboats mingled, lining up along the waterways to Bang Bamru and Bang Khun Non. This scenery was recounted in at least two poems by Sunthorn Phu (1786–1855), a poet of that era, who was born in Bangkok Noi.The mouth of Khlong Bangkok Noi is located beside Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital (SiPH) and the former Bangkok Noi railway station (now the location of Thonburi Railway Station Pier). The current flows north through many historical and cultural landmarks, such as Ansorissunnah Royal Mosque, National Museum of Royal Barges, Wat Suwannaram, Thon Buri railway station, Wat Amarintharam, and Wat Si Sudaram, a Thai temple known as the place where Sunthorn Phu studied in his childhood, as well as Wat Bang Oi Chang in Nonthaburi Province, etc. The canal terminates at the confluence with Khlong Om Non and Khlong Bang Yai at the Old Bang Yai Market in Bang Yai District, Nonthaburi Province, along the way, it is also connected to many canals, such as Khlong Chak Phra, Khlong Maha Sawat, Khlong Bang Kruai. For this reason it has been promoted as one of the cultural tourism routes, as well as other canals in Bangkok and the vicinity.

Charan Sanit Wong Road
Charan Sanit Wong Road

Charan Sanit Wong Road (Thai: ถนนจรัญสนิทวงศ์, pronounced [tʰā.nǒn t͡ɕā.rān sā.nìt̚ wōŋ]) is a main road in Bangkok's Thonburi side (west bank of Chao Phraya River), it is named in honour of Luang Charan Sanit Wong (ML Charan Sanitwong), the former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport. Its name has been misspelled as จรัลสนิทวงศ์ in Thai according to the 1999 Royal Institute Dictionary.Charan Sanit Wong Road runs through the three districts of Bangkok, namely Bangkok Yai, Bangkok Noi and Bang Phlat. It begins at Phet Kasem Road (Thailand Route 4), at the corners of the Tha Phra Intersection, Tha Phra MRT Station. It heads northwest through the Wat Tha Phra, Tha Phra Police Station, The Kingdom of Lesotho Consulate, Wat Chao Mun, Siam Technological College, Sesawech Vidhaya School, and entrance to Wat Di Duad (Soi Charan Sanit Wong 12), cuts across Phanitchayakan Thon Buri Road (Soi Charan Sanit Wong 13) at Phanitchayakan Thon Buri Junction, and crossing the Khlong Mon and passes the Wat Pho Riang with Wat Bang Sao Thong, as well as the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) Thon Buri. The road intersects Fai Chai Intersection, where it cuts Phran Nok and Phutthamonthon Sai 4–Phran Nok Roads, then bend to the northeast through Bang Khun Si Market, Makro Charan Sanit Wong Branch, and Charansanitwong Railway Halt in the area of Bang Khun Non and passes the Bang Khun Non Junction including the ancient temple Wat Suwannaram, before crossing Khlong Bangkok Noi near Wat Si Sudaram or formerly known as Wat Chi Pa Kao. It runs through Borommaratchachonnani Intersection, where it meets Borommaratchachonnani and Somdet Phra Pinklao Roads on the boundary between Arun Amarin of Bangkok Noi and Bang Bamru with Bang Yi Khan of Bang Phlat near two prominent department stores PATA and Central Plaza Pinklao beneath Borommaratchachonnani Elevated Highway. From here, it fully enters Bang Phlat, passes Phong Sap Market and Wat Ruak Bang Bamru with runs continuously as far as Bang Phlat Intersection, where it meets Sirindhorn and Ratchawithi Roads near Wat Sing and Krung Thon Bridge. Specifically, this phase it can be considered parallel to Samsen Road in Phra Nakhon side (east bank of Chao Phraya River). Then head northeast across Khlong Bang Phlat into the area of Bang O passes Yanhee Hospital and Wimuttayarampittayakorn School, before ending at the foot of Rama VII Bridge in Bang Kruai, Bang Kruai District, Nonthaburi Province.Currently, all the distance of Charan Sanit Wong is under construction of the extension MRT Blue Line (Bang Sue–Tha Phra), which is expected to open for service in the year 2020.In the area of Bang Phlat that the road runs through, there are also two communities that conserve traditional Thai ways of life and play, were the creation of the Khon mask (Soi Charan Sanit Wong 71) and the angklung band of the local elderly (Soi Charan Sanit Wong 89, also known as Saeng Thong Community). And Soi Charan Sanit Wong 86 is the location of Masjid Bang O, a historic masjid is remarkable with the architecture that combines Renaissance, Baroque, and Indian.

Wat Amarinthraram
Wat Amarinthraram

Wat Amarinthraram Worawihan (Thai: วัดอมรินทรารามวรวิหาร), or known in short as Wat Amarinthraram or just Wat Amarin is a Thai Buddhist temple in Thailand. It is located on the southward of canal Khlong Bangkok Noi, next to the Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital and Bangkok Noi railway station near the foot of Arun Ammarin bridge, considered as the temple that is nearest to Siriraj Hospital. It is an ancient temple dating back to the Ayutthaya period (around 1657–58), although it is not known who built it. Previously, it was called "Wat Bang Wa Noi" (วัดบางหว้าน้อย) in pair with Wat Bangwa Yai (วัดบางหว้าใหญ่) nearby, or Wat Rakhangkhositaram in present day. In the King Taksin's reign during Thonburi period, the temple has been promoted to be a royal monastery. In the early Rattanakosin period, the King Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I) gave the name to the Wat Amarinthraram (Śakra temple) which remains today. Since then, it has undergone renovations and had various additions to the permanent structures during each reign. Presently, the temple is classified as the third rank of royal monastery. The attraction of the temple is the principal Buddha statue of Luang Pho Bot Noi (หลวงพ่อโบสถ์น้อย), which is as the name says, located in the chapel behind the main hall. It is a Sukhothai-style statue in Māravijaya attitude. Hence the name "Luang Pho Bot Noi" (chapel venerable father), and this name also became the unofficial name of the temple, Wat Luang Pho Bot Noi. The temple was heavily damaged by Allied bombings during World War II and the only building which was still standing was the chapel. Another interesting thing of this temple is the replica of Buddha's footprint that is inside the pavilion. In the year 2010, the Buddha's footprint pavilion is preserved by the Fine Arts Department and Crown Property Bureau.Wat Amarinthraram used to be the residence of Chuan Leekpai, two times prime minister of Thailand. When he was a Thammasat University student in the early 1960s.