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The Temple of Emerald Buddha, The official name Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram, Is the temple of the king in Old Royal Palace in Bangkok.
The Odination Hall
The Emerald Buddha image
Historic Than Chao Phraya Chakri, The future king Phuttayodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) the new Siamese capital for strategic reasons on the eastern side of the Chao Phraya wanted to move, there were already more than 100 years, the temple Wat Potharam (Today, Wat Phra Jetuphon, Wat Pho) And north of Wat Salak (now Wat Mahathat). The terrain in between was very swampy and only had to be drained. The inhabitants, a settlement by the Chinese merchants were "asked" its operations in the so-called "gardens" in front of the city (today's "Sampheng") to install.
On Sunday, the tenth day of the waxing moon in the year of the tiger, in the fourth year of the decade Chunlasakarat 1144, then in 2325 the Buddhist era, in the morning at 6:54 clock was a ceremony of the "foundation stone" (setting the city pillar, Thai: Lak Mueang, Opposite the Grand Palace) performed. After the founding of the Grand Palace Rama I was on 10 June 2325 in a royal ceremony officially crowned. (Quote from a memorial stone in front of City Hall in Bangkok).
King Phuttayodfa Chulaloke was built in the eastern part of his new palace, a new temple for the Emerald Buddha. He called this temple "Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram", in German as "(The temple of the holy jewel of God), Indra," by the locals, he is now called just "Wat Phra Kaew", or "Temple of the Emerald Buddha" . In a solemn ceremony of the Emerald Buddha was on 22 March 1784 from Thonburi placed in his new temple, where he can still be admired today.
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