Wat Thep Thidaram Worawihan
Royal temple built by Rama III for his beloved daughter, sheltering a disgraced royal poet.
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This guide to Wat Thep Thidaram Worawihan in Bangkok centers on Princess Apsorn Sudathep, King Rama III's firstborn daughter, who ran the inner palace and gathered poets and scholars around her at the temple her father built in 1836 in her honour. Chief among them was Sunthorn Phu, the great Rattanakosin-era poet, who arrived here to take monastic vows after falling from court favour. Somewhere on the grounds stood the poet's dwelling, now a small museum worth seeking out before you leave.
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