Wat Yannawa

#bangkoktrip Address: 40 Charoen Krung Road, Yannawa Subdistrict, Sathon District, Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭 Wat Yannawa, a third-class royal temple, is located on the bank of the Chao Phraya River on Charoen Krung Road, Yannawa Subdistrict, Sathon District, Bangkok. It is an ancient temple that has been around since the Ayutthaya period. It was originally called Wat Khok Khwai until the reign of King Rama III, when King Nangklao saw the importance of the temple to be renovated again and built a ship pagoda, which is very distinctive and modern in its architecture, different from other temples, to remind the younger generation of the ship style that is about to disappear from Thailand, which is the origin of the temple is name, which was changed from Wat Khok Khwai to Wat Yannawa until today. inside the ship pagoda, there are relics of the Lord Buddha for people passing by to pay homage for good luck. #temple #bangkok #thailand