August 20, 2014

Wat Benchamabopit (วัดเบญจมบพิตรดุสิตวนาราม)

Wat Benchamabopit (The Marble Temple), Thailand 
วัดเบญจมบพิตรดุสิตวนาราม 

Location :  69 Sri Ayutthaya Road, between Chitrlada Palace and National Assembly Building
Opening hours :  8 a.m. to 18 p.m.      




Uposatha Hall (Bot or Ubosoth in Thai)
Uposatha all (bot or Ubosoth in Thai) of Wat Benchama-bopitr is one of the finest works of architectural arts of the Bangkok period.  It is a structure of the four gabled style.  The east gable extends in an oblong shape.  The north and the south gables were connected to its cloister with a four-tiered roof.  The principal north the Uposatha all.  There are boundary walls (balustrades) in front of the Uposatha Hall.  The maker inscribed with Dharmacakra or the Wheel of Low placed in the enclosed terraceat the back of the Ubosatha Hall.  Within the boundary walls, there floored with  light pink and grey granite slabs.












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