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วัดชนะสงครามราชวรมหาวิหาร

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วัดชนะสงครามราชวรมหาวิหาร

Wat Chanasongkhram (Thai: วัดชนะสงครามราชวรมหาวิหาร), commonly shortened to Wat Chana Songkhram (Thai: วัดชนะสงคราม, pronounced [wát t͡ɕʰā.náʔ sǒŋ.kʰrāːm]), is a second-class royal monastery of ratchaworamahawihan status. It is located in Chana Songkram Sub-district, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, w

ithin the area of Bang Lamphu opposite Khaosan Road and adjacent to Rambuttri Road. The temple is located at 77 Chakrabongse Road, it is an old monastery which was built before the first Rattanakosin period (before 1782). The former name is "Wat Klang Na" (วัดกลางนา; lit: temple in the middle of paddy field), later the reign of King Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I), Prince Maha Sura Singhanat (the king younger brother) granted Mon people and monks to lived in the area, renovated the temple to be resident of Mon monks. Later, King Phutthayotfa Chulalok gave the new name "Wat Thong Pu" (วัดตองปุ), refers to name of a town in Myanmar after the name of Mon temple in Ayutthaya and Lopburi in the reign King Phutthayotfa Chulalok. The temple became a center of Mon sect of Buddhism as he awarded to Mon soldiers who formed major troop in war with Burmese. After the war, the temple was restored and made...

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