- Wat Saket Ratchawora Mahawihan (Thai: วัดสระเกศราชวรมหาวิหาร), usually shortened to Wat Saket, is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Wat Saket Bangkok, more officially Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan, is a Buddhist temple in Rattanakosin, not far from the famous Khao San Road .
- Outside the main route for tempel sightseeing, Wat Saket is less crowded than the other big temples in the Old city of Bangkok, but no less interesting.
- The exact date of Wat Saket's construction is not known, but the temple complex was probably built around the 15th century and later renovated many times.
- The Buddha image in Wat Saket. ... One of the many images encountered on the way to Wat Saket, the temple at the top of the Golden Mount.
- Wat Saket in Bangkok is an ancient religious structure of the Buddhist period located on an artificial hill in the Rattanakosin district.
- Very special because Bangkok has no hills at all. The hill on which Wat Saket stands is therefore artificially constructed for practical reasons.
- The layout of Wat Saket goes back to the small, unimportant temple Wat Sakae from the time of the Ayutthaya Empire. The name means “Temple of the Sakae tree”.
- Originally, it was known as Wat Sakae then later the whole temple was re-established in the reign of King Rama I the Great and given the new name of wat saket .
- The main feature of Wat Saket is the 80-meter-high hill crowned with a gleaming gold chedi, which houses a Buddha relic and offers panoramic views of Bangkok.
