• Wat Saket Ratchawora Mahawihan (Thai: วัดสระเกศราชวรมหาวิหาร), usually shortened to Wat Saket, is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Not only is Wat Saket open all year for tourists to explore, but also hosts an annual festival in November that coincides with the fascinating Loy Krathong Festival.
  • Wat Saket Bangkok, more officially Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan, is a Buddhist temple in Rattanakosin, not far from the famous Khao San Road .
  • "Sisaket Tapınağı (Wat Si Saket)" kompleksi Lang Xang yolu üzerinde "Ho Phra Keo" tapınak müzesine bakan ve Başkanlık Sarayı'nın bitişiğinde yer almaktadır. .
  • 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.
  • Thus, the Wat Saket, that forms one of the most eye-catching of all the monasteries in Thailand, was nothing but a burial site in olden times.
  • Wat Saket, popularly known as the Golden Mount or ‘Phu Khao Thong’, is a low hill crowned with a gleaming gold chedi.
  • Free to locals and less than $2USD for tourists Wat Saket is arguably the most impressive Buddhist temple in Bangkok.
  • Very special because Bangkok has no hills at all. The hill on which Wat Saket stands is therefore artificially constructed for practical reasons.
  • Wat Saket itself (the temple complex at the bottom of the hill) dates back to the Ayutthaya era, when it was called Wat Sakae.