Wat Prayurawongsawas Worawihan

This guide to Wat Prayurawongsawas in Bangkok starts with a powerful minister, Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Prayurawongse, who gave away his own riverside plantation to the monks in 1828. It follows the temple's original name, Wat Rualek, drawn from an iron fence forged out of confiscated weapons, and the artificial mountain built afterward to represent Mount Meru. Listen for the turtles released into the pond around it as an act of merit.