Wat Chaiwattanaram, Ayutthaya Historical Park, Ayutthaya

Wat Chaiwattanaram, Ayutthaya Historical Park, Ayutthaya Wat Chaiwattanaram was built in the reign of King Prasatthong in 1630 A.D., dedicated to his mother and commemoration in his victory over the Khmer. The temple was located on the southwest bank of the Chao Phraya River which an area of his mother. The construction layout was replica to symbolic the Buddhist Cosmology to believe Mount Meru is the center of Universe which was represented by the Main Prang, surrounded by seven cosmic oceans and seven mountains which was represented by the connecting galleries. At the corners of universe are four continents where human beings live which represented by four corner prangs. This is the Buddhist temple in Thevarada Buddhism but shown in Khmer architecture style. The Main Prang has a square base, 33.60 meters in width, located at the center is surrounded by eight prangs which connected by a rectangular gallery. The Ordination Hall or The Bot is located in the east, close to the Chao Phraya River. Two Prangs are located in the north and south of the ordination hall. These prangs are twelve indented corners to contain the ashes of King Prasatthong’s mother. Three prangs are contains the ashes of Prince Thammathibeth who is the great poet of Ayutthaya and two princess. Lined Seated Buddha Images. They are 120 Seated Buddha images in the attitude of Subduing Mara around the galleries to specific a sacred area. Stucco bas-reliefs depicting the Buddha in his previous live(Jataka) before attained the Enlightenment until Nirvana.