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Wat Kalayanamit

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Wat Kalayanamit

Wat Kalayanamitr Varamahavihara (Thai: วัดกัลยาณมิตรวรมหาวิหาร, RTGS: Wat Kanlayanamit Woramahawihan, IPA: [wát kanlajaːnamít wɔːráʔmahǎːwíʔhǎːn]) is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Bangkok, Thailand. The temple is located in Wat Kanlaya sub-district, on the Thonburi bank of the Chao Phraya River. The te

mple was established in 1825 by Chaophraya Nikonbodin (born To, Thai: เจ้าพระยานิกรบดินทร์ (โต)), a wealthy Thai Chinese trader, who donated the temple to Rama III. Chaophraya Nikonbodin was an ancestor of the Kalayanamitr family, whose descendants include Saprang Kalayanamitr. A poem inscribed in the temple reads: Wat Kalayanamitr Varamahavihara is one of three family temples of the Kalayanamitr family, along with Wat Rakhang and Wat Chakkrawatdirachawat Woramahawihan. The family name Kalayanamitr derives from a poem inscribed in the temple. The ordination hall stands prominently on the riverbank, housing the massive Buddha image Phra Buddha Trai Rattananayok (พระพุทธไตรรัตนนายก), commonly known in Thai as Luang Pho To (หลวงพ่อโต, lit. 'Big Buddha') and among the ethnic Chinese as Sampokong (ซำปอกง, Chinese: 三寶佛公). It was once considered the largest Buddha image in Bangkok and shares its...

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