Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Phra Pathom Chedi (Thai: พระปฐมเจดีย์) is the highest stupa in the world with a height of 127 m. It is located in the town Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The name Phra Pathom Chedi means Holy chedi (stupa) of the beginning. The stupa at the location is first mentioned in scriptures of the year 675, however archaeological ...
The original of Phra Prathon Chedi has no historical record, but according to archaeological survey findings date back to the 4th century. Modern Historians believe that the stupa was the principal stupas of ancient Nakhon Pathom, the largest settlement of Dvaravati culture together with the nearby Phra Pathommachedi (Thai: พระปฐมเจดีย์) during the 6th to the 8th centuries.
Phra Pathommachedi or Phra Pathom Chedi (Thai: พระปฐมเจดีย์) is a Buddhist stupa in Thailand. The stupa is located in the Wat Phra Pathommachedi Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan (Thai: วัดพระปฐมเจดีย์ราชวรมหาวิหาร), a temple in the town center of Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand.
Nakhon Pathom province is home to the Phra Pathommachedi, a chedi commissioned by King Mongkut (Rama IV) and completed by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1870. The chedi is a reminder of the long vanished Dvaravati civilization that once flourished here and by tradition Nakhon Pathom is where Buddhism first came to Thailand. [5]
One of the most important landmarks is the giant Phra Pathommachedi. [1] The city is also home to Thailand's only Bhikkhuni temple Wat Song Thammakanlayani (วัดทรงธรรมกัลยาณี), which is also open to women from abroad. [2] Nakhon Pathom houses a campus of Silpakorn University within the former Sanam Chandra Palace.
Wat Phra Kaew, or Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is Thailand's primary and most important temple. There are 44,155 Buddhist temples in Thailand, as of 2025, according to the National Office of Buddhism. Of these, 311 are royal temples (Thai: พระอารามหลวง, RTGS: phra aram luang). The temples can also be categorized ...
The king ordered the digging of a khlong to be used as a path to worship Phra Pathom Chedi, the khlong separate from Nakhon Chai Si River (Tha Chin River) at Nakhon Chai Si District, straight to Phra Pathom Chedi at Mueang Nakhon Pathom District, total distance is about 18 km (11.2 mi). But the excavation was not completed, the project director ...
The first hall to be built in this palace, the Bhimarn Prathom Residence (Thai: พิมานปฐม; RTGS: Phiman Pathom) is a brick-and-cement building in western style, which was adapted to suit the tropical climate. The ventilation panes and railings around the upper floor of the building are in traditional elaborate Thai carving patterns.