Wat Bowonniwet Vihara

Wat Pavaranivesh Vihara
The Chapel of Wat Bowonniwet Vihara
Religion
Affiliation	Theravada Buddhism
Sect	Dhammayuttika Nikaya[1]
Location
Country	Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok, Thailand
Location within Bangkok
Geographic coordinates	13°45′37.2″N 100°29′59.5″E / 13.760333°N 100.499861°E / 13.760333; 100.499861
Website
http://www.watbowon.org

Wat Pavaranivesh Vihara Ratchawarawihan (Thai: วัดบวรนิเวศวิหารราชวรวิหาร; RTGS: Wat Bowon Niwet Wihan Ratchaworawihan, IPA: [wát bɔwɔːn níʔwêːt wíʔhǎːn râːttɕʰawɔːráʔwíʔhǎːn]) is a major Buddhist temple (wat) in Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok, Thailand. 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 (Rama VI) and King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). The temple was established in 1824 by Mahasakti Pol Sep, viceroy during the reign of King Rama III (r. 1824–51).^[2]

The temple is a center of the Thammayut Nikaya order of Thai Theravada Buddhism, it is the shrine-hall of Phra Phuttha Chinnasi (พระพุทธชินสีห์), a statue of the Buddha which dates to around 1357. Bowonniwet has been a major temple of patronage for the ruling Chakri dynasty.^[3] It is where many royal princes and kings studied and served their monkhood, including King Bhumibol^[1] and his son, the present king Vajiralongkorn.