Wat Benchamabophit

Wat Benchamabophit (Marble emple)

Wat Benchamabophit This beautiful royal temple of white Carrara marble is well-known to the foreigners as "Marble Temple". This royal temple was built at the turn of the century under the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1899.

The main bot (chapel) is a prime example of modern Thai architecture. It employs European style such as stained glass windows. The interior of the main building is magnificently decorated with cross beams of lacquer and gold. The courtyard behind the Bot exhibits 53 Buddha images (33 originals and 20 copies), representing famous images and styles from all over Asia, Thailand and other Buddhist countries.

This beautiful royal temple of white Carrara marble is well-known to the foreigners as "Marble Temple".

Phra Buddha Chinaraj
Every one agrees that Sukhothai bronze Buddha images represent the apogee of Thai classical sculpture. At Wat Benchamabopit has 33 originals and 20 copies Buddha Image. An exact replica of one of the most venerated Buddha images in the whole of Thailand is Phra Buddha Chinaraj.

Buddhist monks after their chanting inside the chapel in the morning.

Mmerit-makers donate food to the monks lined up outside the temple along Nakorn Pathom Road.

It is an excellent place to watch religious festivals and moonlit procession. Unlike most other temples, monks in this wat do not go out seeking alms but are instead visited by merit-makers between 06:00 and 07:00 a.m. , so the best time to visit this temple is early in the morning
when monks are chanting and bindabat for food.

Wat Benchamabophit Located on Si Ayutthaya Road, near Chitrlada Palace (King Rama IX Residence)
Open Daily 8.30 am - 5.00 pm
Tel: (662) 282-7413, 281-3277, 281-4030, 281-2501
Admission fee is 20 baht.
Bus # 5, 16, 23, 50, 72, 99, 201
Air-condition Bus # 3, 5, 9
for taxi Pai- Wat - Ben - Cha ( Wat Benchamabophit is well-known to Thais in a short name as Wat Ben or Wat Bencha)
Pai = go, go to Wat = temple