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Wat Si Sudaram

17th-century Buddhist templesBangkok Noi districtBuddhist temples in BangkokRegistered ancient monuments in Bangkok
วัดศรีสุดารามวรวิหาร เขตบางกอกน้อย กรุงเทพมหานคร (38)
วัดศรีสุดารามวรวิหาร เขตบางกอกน้อย กรุงเทพมหานคร (38)

Wat Si Sudaram Worawihan popularly called for short Wat Si Sudaram (Thai: วัดศรีสุดารามวรวิหาร, วัดศรีสุดาราม) is a historic Buddhist temple in Thailand. It is located on the canal Khlong Bangkok Noi in Bangkok's Bang Khun Non neighbourhood. The temple originally called Wat Chi Pa Kaow (วัดชีปะขาว, lit: white-robed ascetic temple). It is interesting from a historical perspective, because it was the childhood schooling place of the famous poet Sunthorn Phu. His poetry has mentioned this temple also for others ancient bard such as Prince Wongsa Dhiraj Snid and Luang Chak Phranee (Maha Rerk) which was also mentioned this temple.Wat Si Sudram is the third-class of the royal temple, assumed that was built during the King Narai's reign of Ayutthaya period. Later in Rattanakosin period, Princess Si Sudarak (Kaew), the King Rama I's sister renovated this temple.Wat Si Sudram is measured with beautiful of art and interesting architecture, there is also a huge bronze statue of the instructor monk Somdej Toh, which is respectful for Thai people.

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Wat Si Sudaram
Soi Bang Khun Non 6, Bangkok Bangkok Noi District

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Soi Bang Khun Non 6
10700 Bangkok, Bangkok Noi District
Bangkok, Thailand
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วัดศรีสุดารามวรวิหาร เขตบางกอกน้อย กรุงเทพมหานคร (38)
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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.

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.

Bang Khun Non subdistrict
Bang Khun Non subdistrict

Bang Khun Non (Thai: บางขุนนนท์, pronounced [bāːŋ kʰǔn nōn]) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Bangkok Noi District, in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2018, it had a total population of 9,549 people.Its name after Khlong Bang Khun Non, a canal runs through the area. In the olden days Bang Khun Non was the area of orchards, the principle career of Bang Khun Non residents was doing the orchards, by the form of the former orchard was rising up the embankment to be the furrows. The fruits which the gardeners favored to plant were durian, pomelo, Marian plum, Burmese grape, mangosteen, rose apple, coconut palm, mango, etc. Especially, durian was very famous until it was admired to be the name of a kind of durian, that was "Bang Khun Non Durian" paired with "Taling Chan Durian" of adjacent district Taling Chan.At present, Bangkok Noi District Office has conserved these durian species in Chaloem Phrakiat 80 Phansa Public Park. It is located catty-corner from the district office on Bang Khun Non Road.Besides, in the area of Bang Khun Non there is a historical site, Wat Si Sudaram (formerly Wat Chi Pakhao), as in the past this monastery was the primary school in the childhood of a Thai famous poet, Sunthorn Phu. Nowadays, the life style of people are changed, roads are the main role instead of canals, lands for residential are needed, therefore forms of former orchards are slightly faded and changed to be the plants nurseries, and decorative plants for sales.