【Thai Temples】Wat Pariwat

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Wat Pariwat in Khwaeng Bang Phongphang, Khet Yannawa, Bangkok, is situated on the north of Chao Phraya River.

The elders in Khwaeng Bang Phongphang said that Wat Pariwat, primarily a monk's house or a small temple, was probably built in the end of Ayutthaya Kingdom or at the beginning of Rattanakosin Kingdom. The building, though, became abandoned after the founder died or moved.

During the realm of King Rama II and Rama III, a court official Krommien Sakpolsena, with the aid of another official Phraya Petchpichai, coming from a temple-building craftsman family, built a royal temple "Wat Phaichayon Phonsep" in an area by the west of the canal near the imperial palace.

Phraya Petchpichai, as a pious Buddhist disciple, was tempted to build one more temple in honor of himself. His project was approved by the King and the royal temple "Wat Protketchettharam" was built across Wat Phaichayon Phonsep.

It should also be mentioned that Phraya Ratsongkram, one important court official, joined the construction work of the temples. On the opposite of the street Wat Protketchettharam he found and renovated an abandoned temple, which was named "Wat Pariwat Ratsongkram."

In 2548 BE, a 91-year-old man Sagniam Thienim recollected that in 2478 BE he was ordained a monk in Wat Pariwat. A temple name board of Wat Pariwat Ratsongkram was hanged on the river bank as an indication because in earlier days temples were built facing the river and disciples had to go to temples by waterway.

While the temple took the full name Wat Pariwat Ratsongkram, incidents such as quarrels and fights among disciples in its anniversary campaign seemed inevitable. Since the guru monk Luang Phor Wong renamed the temple to "Wat Pariwat" by taking off the word "Ratsongkram," which means "battle" or "war" in thai, incidents of quarrels or fights gradually disappeared.

The name board of the temple now shows "Wat Pariwat."

Wat Pariwat suffered a lot from overflows of Chao Phraya River in the flood season, which caused the damage of temple building and interrupted the rituals and activities. The abbot Phra Pi Phitpattanathon, or called Luang Phor Somchai, decided to renovate the temple and build a 3-meter-high leeve alongside the river. Luang Phor Somchai made sacred objects like Buddha amulets for the purpose that disciples could enshrine these sacred objects by donating money, which could be taken as a good deed for disciples and as a method of raising construction funds.

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