 Phra Uposatha, Wat Pho, Bangkok
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Phra Uposatha is the main chapel, also called bot or ubosot, of Wat Pho. It was built during the reign of King Rama 1 and is in the Ayutthaya style. King Rama III rebuilt the Phra Uposatha and enlarged it. The doors and windows are made of hard wood and colour-glazed tiles. On the outside of the entrance door are depictions of the Ramakien, created using mother-of-pearl.
Phra Uposatha (28 October 2006)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
The main Buddha statue inside the ubosot is the Phra Buddha Deva Patimakorn. It sits on a three-tier pedestal called the Phra Pang Smardhi. Some ashes of King Rama I is enshrined under the pedestal.
Location of Phra Uposatha
On the eastern side of Wat Pho.
Phra Buddha Deva Patimakorn (28 October 2006)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
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