Phra Ubosot Wat Niwet Thammaprawat

According to the copy of the royal writing of the intention of building a temple, King Rama V “would like to worship to the Lord Buddha with uncommon stuff without an admiration of other religions, and for the citizen to watch when it can never have been found in any temples before.”. Therefore, Phra Ubosot was built in 1876 and completed in 1878.

Phra Ubosot was built in Gothic Revival Style in with a rectangular plan and pointed roof, particularly the rear of the ubosot which had steep-slopping roof and its doors and windows were in pointed-arched-shaped with stained glass similar to Christian church. Above the northeastern entrance, the stained glasses, which were made in France, displayed the portrait of King Rama V wearing the royal garment in the occasion of His Accession to the Throne. The decoration inside Phra Ubosot was in European style and used pink tone, which represented the colour of the King’s birthday.

Wat Niwet Thammaprawat is a royal first-class-of-Ratchaworaviharn-typed temple under Dhammayut Order. Because it is situated near Bang Pa-In Palce, it was thus served King Rama V and the royal family when they paid a royal visit to Bang Pa-In Palace. Its Ubosot’s architectural style, according to King Rama V’s intention, is Gothic Revival.

A Buddha image made by Prince Pradithavarakarn, Phra Phuttha Naruemolthammopas, is installed inside Phra Ubosot.

Phra Ubosot Wat Niwet Thammaprawat is related to European Gothic Revival architecture.

สำนักพระราชวัง. พระราชวังบางปะอิน. กรุงเทพฯ : สำนักพระราชวัง, 2538.

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