Ayuttha Historical Park - Wat Mahathat (continued)

Ayuttha Historical Park - Wat Mahathat

The Wat Mahathat is another Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya, The iconic Buddha head in Ayutthaya is said the to be the most photographed subject. You can find the Buddha head entangled in tree roots. All visitors to Ayutthaya go there so you need to wait a bit before you can have your picture taken. However, you can’t be above the Buddha, so you need to squat when you pose in front of it.

Ayutthaya Historical Park - Wat Chaiwatthanaram

Located across the river from the southwest side of the island, this temple is one of the larger complexes in Ayutthaya. Built in 1630 AD. the temple has an architectural style similar to that of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. In the centre of the complex is a 35 meter high prang (tower), which is surrounded by eight smaller chedis that form an inner courtyard. Stairs lead up to small alcoves at the top of each of the four sides of the prang where Buddha images used to sit, however, today the Buddha statues. The inner courtyard is lined with 120 headless and limbless Buddha statues. The two giant Bhddha some times wore clothes as seen in others photos. However they were naked at the time I visited.

Bang Pa-In Palace

Bang Pa-In Royal Palace, also known as the Summer Palace, is a palace complex formerly used by the Thai kings. It consists collection of beautiful buildings in various architectural styles, surrounded by a lake. Originally built by King Prasat Tong in 1632, Bang Pa-In served as the Royal Summer Palace for the Thai Kings.