- Wat Saket Ratchawora Mahawihan (Thai: วัดสระเกศราชวรมหาวิหาร), usually shortened to Wat Saket, is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 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.
- Wat Saket Bangkok, more officially Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan, is a Buddhist temple in Rattanakosin, not far from the famous Khao San Road .
- 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 .
- Wat Saket in Bangkok also known as the Temple of the Golden Mount is the highest temple in Bangkok. There are 344 steps to the Golden Chedi at the top.
- 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.
- Today Wat Saket is overshadowed by Chedi Phu Khao Tong, the stupa that stands in its compound, and better known as the Golden Mount.
- Wat Saket, popularly known as the Golden Mount or ‘Phu Khao Thong’, is a low hill crowned with a gleaming gold chedi. ... The Golden Mount at Wat Saket.
- 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.
- I think this place holds a special meaning to me because my first visit to Wat Saket was the first time that Bangkok felt like home.
