Wat Saphan Nak

Wat Saphan Nak, or the Monastery of the Naga Bridge, is situated on Ayutthaya's city island in the Pratu Chai Sub-district. It is on the property of Ayutthaya Wittayalai School, south of Bueng Phra Ram Park. We find another temple ruin on the school's premises called Wat Pa Sak.

A wooden bridge in its vicinity was named after the monastery. The Naga Bridge (Saphan Nak) crossed the canal, running south and parallel to the Naga Bridge Road, an extension east of the Talaeng Kaeng Road. The Naga Bridge was a bridging element of the Mattress Quarter Road, running north to south along with the Lam Khu Pak Sa – Pratu Thep Mi Canal.

Wat Saphan Nak stood on the west bank of Khlong Pratu Thep Mi. A ditch likely surrounded the monastery. The complex was oriented on an east-west axis with the main Buddha image and the entry facing east. Wat Song Khong stood in the north opposite the Naga Bridge Road, Wat Chattan to the east opposite the Thep Mi Canal (2), Wat Pa Rong stood in the south and Wat Pa Nai in the west.

Ayutthaya Historical Research