Wat Phrom Niwat

Wat Phrom Niwat, or the Monastery of the Abode of Brahma, is an active monastery off the city island in the northern area of Ayutthaya in the Tha Wasukri Sub-district. It is situated on the north bank of Khlong Mueang (1). Wat Phanom Yong and Wat Sala Pun are in its vicinity.

The temple was initially known as Wat Khun Yuan, referring to a military man named Khun Yuan Yonok, who ordered its construction in 1564 CE (926 CS). (2)

The temple was reconstructed in the post-Ayutthaya era and restored several times in the last century.

The ordination hall, or ubosot, and chedi are in a north-south alignment, facing the old Lopburi River and surrounded by an inner wall.

The ubosot in the late Ayutthaya style (1629-1767 CE) (the base is built in a junk-shaped style) has a two-tiered roof without porches. There are two entries on the south side and one on the north side. The hall has four rectangular windows on the longest sides. Behind the hall stands a twenty-rabbeted-angled chedi surrounded by a low inner wall. Left and right from the chedi are small roofed structures.

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