Wat Bowonniwet Vihara

Wat Bowaniwet Wihan Ratchaworawihan is a major Buddhist temple 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 the 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”, “Wat Bowonniwet Wihan”, and “วัดบวร”
  • Address: 248, แขวงบวรนิเวศ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Khao San Road and Bantukdin Mosque.

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.

Mosque
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 170 metres south of Wat Bowonniwet Vihara.

Monument
Photo: Nawit science, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a public monument in the of , capital of . It occupies a traffic circle on the wide east–west Ratchadamnoen Avenue, at the intersection of Dinso Road. is situated 370 metres south of Wat Bowonniwet Vihara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ban Phan Thom and Talat Yot.

Quarter
is a community and a khwaeng of Phra Nakhon District, .

Quarter
is a khwaeng of Phra Nakhon District, , considered to be majority area of neighbourhood.

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.

Wat Bowonniwet Vihara

Latitude
13.75976° or 13° 45′ 35″ north
Longitude
100.50061° or 100° 30′ 2″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
7P52QG52+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 233810865
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6865588
Wiki­data ID
Q1477699
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Satellite Map

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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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