Wat Khok Phrayaram

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Wat Khok Phrayaram, or the Monastery of the Mound of the Nobles (1), is a restored ruin located off the city island in the northern area, in the Phukhao Thong Plains, 2 Km north of Ayutthaya in the Phukhao Thong Sub-district. Wat Phukhao Thong and the Naresuan Memorial Park lie in their immediate vicinity.

In situ are the foundations of multiple monastic structures such as the main chedi, an ordination hall and a vihara. The ordination hall can easily be observed.

Historians initially thought that, based on the old documents, this site was where several Ayutthaya royals were executed, but excavations in situ excluded this thesis. The important historical site where these executions occurred is Wat Khok Phraya, located near Wat Na Phra Men and Wat Hatsadawat on the north bank of the old Lopburi River.

Probably to distinguish between the two similar-named sites, the ruin in the Phukhao Thong Fields has added "Aram" to its name, a comparative and superlative form in Sanskrit Wat Khok Phrayaram meaning thus the "Greater Monastery of the Mound of the Nobles."

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Source: Ayutthaya Historical Research

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