Bangkok
Phra Nakhon
Bowon Niwet

Wat Bowonniwet Vihara

Wat Bowaniwet Wihan Ratchaworawihan is a major Buddhist in Phra Nakhon district, , . Being the residence of Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana, the late Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, it is the final resting place of two former kings of Chakri Dynasty: King Vajiravudh and King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Bowonniwet Temple”, “Wat Bovornives”, “Wat Bowon Niwet”, “Wat Bowon Niwet Ratchaworawihan”, “Wat Bowon Niwet Wihan”, “Wat Bowonniwet Vihara Rajavaravihara”, and “Wat Bowonniwet Wihan”
  • Address: 248, แขวงบวรนิเวศ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Khao San Road and Ram Buttri Road.

Photo: Kevin Poh, CC BY 2.0.
is a small road about a block from the Chao Phraya River at the northern side of . Backpackers and budget travellers are drawn here by some of the cheapest accommodation and travel deals in Thailand.

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, or Soi Ram Buttri, also written as Rambuttri, is a short alley-like street in , Thailand. It is located near in the neighbourhood. is situated 210 metres southwest of Wat Bowonniwet Vihara.

Library
Photo: Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0.
The is a public library in , Thailand. It is on Ratchadamnoen Klang Road at the Khok Wua Intersection in Phra Nakhon District. is situated 310 metres southwest of Wat Bowonniwet Vihara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bang Lamphu and Rattanakosin.

Neighborhood
, also spelled Banglampoo or Banglamphu is a neighbourhood in located in Phra Nakhon District. The history of the community dates to the establishment of the Rattanakosin Kingdom, or earlier.

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, also known as Island, is the historic centre of , where most of Bangkok's "must see" sights can be found, including the Grand Palace and Wat Pho.

Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . With a population of over eleven million inhabitants, is by far Thailand's main city, with the urban sprawl comprising nearly half of Thailand's population, and the largest city on the Southeast Asian mainland.

Wat Bowonniwet Vihara

Latitude
13.76028° or 13° 45′ 37″ north
Longitude
100.49984° or 100° 29′ 59″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
7P52QF6X+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 233810865
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6865588
Wiki­data ID
Q1477699
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Wat Bowonniwet Vihara” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Wat Bowonniwet Vihara”
  • Burmese: “ပဝရနိဝေသကျောင်းတော်”
  • Burmese: “ဘိုဝန်နိဝပ်ဝိဟာရကျောင်းတော်”
  • Chinese: “Bowonniwet Vihara寺”
  • Chinese: “僧王寺”
  • Chinese: “巴翁僧王寺”
  • Chinese: “布旺尼威寺”
  • Chinese: “波稳尼威寺”
  • Chinese: “波穩尼威寺”
  • Dutch: “Wat Bowonniwet Vihara Rajavaravihara”
  • Dutch: “Wat Bowonniwet Vihara”
  • Dutch: “Wat Bowonniwet”
  • French: “Wat Bowonniwet Vihara”
  • French: “Wat Bowonniwet”
  • German: “Wat Bovonnivet”
  • German: “Wat Bowonniwet”
  • Indonesian: “Wat Bowonniwet”
  • Italian: “Wat Bowonniwet”
  • Japanese: “ワット・ボーウォーンニウェートウィハーン”
  • Japanese: “ワット・ボーウォンニウェート”
  • Japanese: “ワット・ボーエウォーンニウェートウィハーン”
  • Khmer: “វត្តបវរនិវេសវិហារ”
  • Spanish: “Wat Bowonniwet”
  • Thai: “วัดบวรนิเวศ”
  • Thai: “วัดบวรนิเวศราชวรวิหาร”
  • Thai: “วัดบวรนิเวศวิหาร”
  • Urdu: “وات بوونیویت ویہارا”
  • Vietnamese: “Wat Bowonniwet”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wat Bowonniwet Vihara”. Photo: Hdamm, CC BY 2.0.