Here you can explore the historic Bangkok temple of Wat Traimit Withayaram Worawihan and explore a digital tour of the temple and its celebrated Golden Buddha.
History
Wat Traimit Withayaram Worawihan was built in the Rattanakosin period ,during the reign of King Rama III., formerly known as “Wat Sam Chin”. It is said that 3 Chinese people are very close friends so they decided to build the temple to offer as alms. later named “Wat Traimit Wittayaram”
Located
This temple is located on the Phra Nakhon side. which is located in the neighborhood of Yaowarat This is a commercial area of Chinese immigrant communities, most of them Chaozhou(ชาวแต้จิ๋ว).
Golden Buddha
Originally, Golden Buddha was enshrined at Wat Phraya Krai. and later moved to be enshrined at Wat Traimit During the inauguration ceremony of Luang Por Thongkham, there was a technical hitch when the rope hoisting the Buddha image toward the vihara suddenly broke and the Buddha image came crashing down on the ground. As a result of the crash, a few pieces of plaster encasing it chipped to reveal a solid golden Buddha inside.
Nowadays, Golden Buddha is the outstanding and famous Buddha image of Wat Traimit. Because it is the first gold Buddha image in Thailand that was recorded in The Guinness Book of World Record in 1991 as the largest gold Buddha image in the world.
This is a simulated clip of the Buddha image falling to the ground.
It was when the construction of the vihara was nearly completed that a ceremony preceding the enshrinement of Luang Pho Wat Phraya Krai in the vihara was held on 25th May, 1955. However, the implementation of the plan was not carried through to the end due to a technical hitch when the rope hoisting the Buddha image toward the vihara suddenly broke and the Buddha image came crashing down on the ground. As a result of the crash, a few pieces of plaster encasing it chipped to reveal a solid golden Buddha inside. Temple officials proceeded then to clear off dirt underneath its base, so as to facilitate the move through weight reduction. In the process, they found that the Buddha could be dissembled into several parts.
https://youtu.be/b7N3ToKvgy0
Some of these were thus dissembled before the plaster and lacquer covering them was removed. The subsequent reassembling process of the dissembled parts in the vihara took months to complete.
Because of its Sukhothai style, the Golden Buddha became known at the time as Luang Pho Sukhothai Traimit’.
Below you can watch an introductory video about
Wat Traimit Withayaram Worawihan.
https://youtu.be/sPTK3M_oQWM
Group Members
6427648073 Piriyaphorn Bunsom
6427648255 Chitsama Prachit
Location
661 Charoen Krung Rd, Talat Noi, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100, Thailand
