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Wat Thong Nopakhun (Thai: วัดทองนพคุณ) in Khlong San District, Bangkok, is a 3rd-common-class royal temple and also called "Wat Thonglang" by worshippers. When the temple was built remains unknown. In the reign of King Rama III, the temple was renovated and presented as a royal temple by a customs minister Phraya Chodokratchasetthi (Thongchin Krairoek) who was a Thai Chinese and lived near the temple.
In the reign of King Rama IV, Rama VII, and Rama IX, the kings, queens, and princess had come to the temple to hold the kasaya(robe)-offering ceremony.
The principal Buddha image in the ubosot (ordination hall) is made of stucco and belongs to Rattanakosin art (Bangkok style). The subject of the mural in the temple is "Vessantara Jataka" (Thai: มหาเวสสันดรชาดก, Maha Wetsandon Chadok), the last story of the Buddha's past lives.
There is also a replica of a Chinese Junk in the monastery complex. It was a gift to the abbot of the time from a merchant whose life was saved by the monk during a shipwreck at sea.
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