Wat Rakhang Khositaram Woramahawihan
Royal-heritage Buddhist temple housing a pre-coronation residence of Rama I and famed sacred amulets.
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This guide to Wat Rakhang Khositaram in Bangkok starts at the riverbank house where the future Rama I lived before his coronation, now a scripture library holding the Tripitaka. It follows the monk Somdej Toh, who arrived a generation later and became the kingdom's most beloved preacher, and traces the amulets he pressed from temple dust, ash and lime, blessed with a revived prayer. It also notes the fate of the temple's original, famously toned bell. Stand by the old scripture hall and picture the king who once slept there.
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