【Thai Temples】Wat Amarintharam

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Temple Name: Wat Amarintharam (วัดอมรินทราราม วรวิหาร)

Main Buddha: Luang Phor Bostnoi (หลวงพ่อโบสถ์น้อย)
Current abbot: Phra Pi Sanphattanakit (พระพิศาลพัฒนกิจ)

Wat Amarintharam, located on the south of Khlong Bangkok Noi, is ranked as the 3rd-class royal temple of the "Woravihara" grade.

Built in 2200 BE, Wat Amarintharam was originally called "Wat Bangwanoi" and it together with Wat Bang Wa Yai (Wat Rakhang) was taken as a specific pair of temples. In 2325 BE, the king sanctioned the temple's exclusive use for Buddhism. After Taksin, the King of Thonburi, established the city Thonburi as the new capital, Wat Amarintharam had become a principle temple in the west of the capital. Taksin heralded Wat Amarintharam the 3rd-class royal temple of the "Rat Woravihara" grade, which was upgraded in 2458 BE to the 3rd-class "Woravihara" grade.

  

Phra Pi Sanphattanakit (Dharma name: Panya Panyawaro) serves as the abbot from 2534 BE to the present.

  

The vihara of Luang Phor Bot Noi, with length 11.5m, width 7.5cm, and height 7m, and located near Arunamarin bridge and the railroad, had been renovated in 2492 BE. Murals in the vihara depict Buddhist Stories.

The main Buddha of this vihara is Luang Phor Bot Noi ("Bot Noi " means "chapel" in Thai.) The Buddha statue, in a sitting posture "Subduing Mara" (Thai: ปางมารวิชัย, pronounced "Pang Man Wichai") and with width between knees 245cm and height 394cm, is an example of Sukhothai art. The efficacy of Luang Phor Bot Noi is generally acknowledged.

Source: http://watamarin.blogspot.tw