Its golden…Its gorgeous…Its grand. Do you want you want to be surrounded by the mystic and the mesmerizing? Do you want to view a royal chapel? The Wat Phra Kaew with its official name asWat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram opens its sanctum sanctorum to reveal its fascinating Temple of the Emerald Buddha. Situated in the historic center of Bangkok in the district of Phra Nakhon, this beautifully carved temple evolves over the grounds of the Grand Palace. Built in 1785 when King Rama I shifted the capital from Thonburi to Bangkok, the temple showcases great architecture with gorgeously sculpted holy buildings, pagodas and shrines. As a landmark in Bangkok, Thailand, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha is located in a large compound on Na Phra Lan Road near Pramane Ground and surrounded with high white walls that range over a mile. Excitehotels.com as an online hotel reservations portal offers its guests the most exotic accommodation in magical Thailand, the land of smiles. With care as the foundation of the company, Excitehotels.com takes their guests through their wonderful website and offers hospitality and detailed attention to all accommodation needs.
Guests staying in elegant accommodations in Thailand can visit the much-seen Wat Phra Kaew and absorb the history, the legends and the sacred ambience. Housing the most sacred Buddha image in Thailand, the royal chapel, Wat Phra Kaew has architecture of great beauty. Visitors will be fascinated by the spectacular buildings in the compound of the Grand Palace and the aura of grandeur with its magnificent architecture. The tourists staying in spacious apartments will not only be impressed by the architectural style but will also learn that the main architectural symbol of the Thai Royal Family is the Grand Palace. With over 100 brightly coloured buildings, sparkling mosaics and gold spires, Wat Phra Kaew hoses the most sacred emerald Buddha statue that is located high up in a glass box. Guests from brilliant hotels in Thailand would be thrilled to hear that the statue was sculpted in the 15th century and was the cause of many wars until it finally was found in Bangkok in 1782. The Thais consider the Emerald Buddha as a major talisman and visitors would love to hear that the rituals involve the King changing the robe of the statue three times a year. The sacred robe changing ceremony takes place with the statue being dressed in a robe made of gold and encrusted with diamonds in the hot season, a pure gold robe in the cool season and a gilded monk’s robe in the rainy season. Excitehotels.com guides their guests to hotels with an attitude of care and consideration for all their needs.
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The visitors will be excited to see innumerable Buddha images in the temple. The tourists staying in comfortable accommodations that have been chosen with care by Excitehotels.com would like to explore an exotic temple that has murals on its interior walls that depict jataka stories located according to the typical Thai conventions inside the temples. Visitors can view the murals that face the altar depicting Buddha’s victory over the evil demon Mara. Guests can wander leisurely through the cloisters that surrounded the temple whose murals depict the Ramakian or the Thai version of the Indian ‘Ramayana’. There are 178 sections dating from the reign of King Rama IV (1825-1850) that have been restored back to its original glory. Guests from lovely hotels can read the explanatory texts that were composed by King Rama V. The compound evolves with a miniature model of the renowned Cambodian temple complex Angkor Wat that was designed during the time of Rama IV at the time the Thai empire ranged over Cambodia. There are two libraries that house important Buddhist literature and the golden Phra Si Rattana Chedi where it is speculated that the ashes of Buddha are kept. Guests would be intrigued by the Royal Pantheon with its life-size statues of the first seven kings of the reigning Chakri dynasty from Rama I to Rama VII. The tourists can also see huge statues of mythical guardians like the kinaree, the half human-half bird and the Hindu garuda bird. This place also contains the sacred Buddhist scriptures, the Tripitaka.
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Getting there:
How to go there: Take the BTS Skytrain to Taksin Station. From here take a Chao Phraya River Express boat to Tha Chang Wang Luang Pier. It is a short walk from the pier to the entrance to The Grand Palace public entrance.
Opening Hours : Open to the public everyday, except during special Royal Ceremonies, from 8.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
