Phra Prang Wat Aroonrajwararam

Keywords : Prang, Wat Aroonrajwararam Rachaworamahaviharn, Wat Chaeng, Wat Makok

Site common name	Wat Aroonrajwararam Rachaworamahaviharn
Site alternative name	Wat Chaeng, Wat Makok
Type of artwork	Architecture
Sub district	Wat Arun
District	Khet Bangkok Yai
Province	Bangkok
Region	Central
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 13.743715 Long : 100.488953
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 660986.04 N : 1519879.85
Place of artwork	In the sacred zone

History of production	The former stupa was built in the Ayudhya period. King Rama II enlarged its construction and the work was finished in the reign of King Rama III.
Conservation	Phra Prang Wat Aroonrajwararam was listed and declared an ancient monument in the Government Gazette, no.66 on 64 November 1949. The restoration works were in the reign of King Rama IV and V, while the major restoration was in 1999 AD in the reign of King Rama IX. The current restoration has begun since 2013 AD by the Fine Arts Department and the Department of Religious Affiars.
Size	1 sen 13 wa 1 sok 1 kueb 1 niew in height and the pedestal is 5 sen 17 wa width
Art	Phra Prang Wat Aroonrajwararam shows the further Ayutthaya prang-typed stupa, which the platform is wider and curved pyramidal pedestals decorated by Pholbaek figures. The anda has Indra riding Erawan elephant, instead of buddha image, in the niche on each side, whose top lies a smaller prang. The Indra Pholbaek figures lead the scholar to believe that the stupa should be related to Culamani stupa or Mount Sumeru at the centre of the universe. The top of the stupa is decorated by tiered Kleep Khanoon and the sum of the peaks are five.
Key academic information	Phra Prang Wat Aroonrajwararam was built in the Ayudhya period. King Rama II would like to enlarge the stupa for being the principal stupa of the capital city. However, he died when the project just began at the basement. Therefore, King Rama III continued the work, which would later be completed as the largest Prang-typed stupa of Rattanakosin kingdom. When the construction was completed in the reign of King Rama III, he ordered to place a Nobhashul finial on the top of the stupa and a crown, which was originally made for bejeweled buddha of Wat Nang Nong, on the peak.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Rattanakosin
Age	19th century AD
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	Theravada Buddhism

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-05-26
Record creator	Patsaweesiri Premkulanan
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