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The Golden Mount at Wat Saket
 

 

Visit Bangkok guide : Wat Saket, Golden Mount Bangkok Thailand

          

Wat Saket’s major feature is the Golden Mount, dating from the 1800. It is an artificial hill topped by a

 gilded pagoda which is 260 feet in height from its base. Begun by King Rama III and completed in the reign o

f King Rama IV, the golden mount is one of the most celebrated landmarks in Bangkok’s old area. The golden

Chedi houses relics of Buddha and affords visitors who climb its 318 steps a panoramic view of Bangkok from the top.

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Visit Thailand guide : Wat saket, Golden Mount Bangkok Thailand Wat Saket, the official name being Wat Saket Ratch Woramaha Wiharn, is an old temple that was built

 in the period of Ayutthaya and originally known as "Wat Sakae". When Thonburi was the capital,

 the temple was claimed as the royal temple and its name were changed to "Wat Chaeng", means temple of the bright morning.

 Wat Saket is easily recognized by its golden Chedi atop a fortress-like hill near the pier for Bangkok's east-west klong ferry.

 The wat was restored by King Rama I, and 30,000 bodies were brought here during a plague in the reign of Rama II. The hill,

 which is almost 80 meters high, is an artificial construction begun during the reign of Rama III. Rama IV brought in 1,000 teak

  logs to shore it up because it was sinking into the swampy ground.

 

 

 

Rama V built the golden chedi to house a relic of Buddha,said to be from India or  Nepal, given to him by the British. he concrete walls were added during World War II to keep 

the structure from collapsing. All around the Wat are the accommodation where the monks live and go to school. The Golden Mount, a short but breathtaking climb that's best

made in the morning, is most interesting for its vista of old Rattanakosin and the rooftops of Bangkok. Every year in the 12th lunar month (late October to mid-November - for nine days

around the full moon) Wat Saket hosts Bangkok's most important temple fair, when the Golden Mount is wrapped with red cloth and a carnival erupts around it, with food and trinket stalls,

theatrical performances, freak shows, animal circuses, and other monkey business. People come here at this time to pay respect to Lord Buddha's relics, and to rejoice in the festive occasion.

However, at present times, the Golden Mount festival is not as popular as it used to be in the olden days.

 

The temple complex is open from 9:00A.M. - 5:00P.M. Entrance to Wat is free, however admission to the Chedi is 5 Baht.

 

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