Phra-Thinang Mahitsara Prasat

Phra-Thinang Mahitsara Prasat (right)

Phra-Thinang Mahitsara Prasat Situated on the wall between the inner court and Siwalai Garden is a small one-storey building on a raised base with four porches. The northern and southern porches are linger than the eastern and western ones. Its roof culminates in a seven-tiered spire. One the four corners of the lower part of the spire are mouldings of Garudas holding Nagas. The niches above the door and windows are in the shape of spired roofs. Mahitsara Prasat was dedicated to King Mongkut's father (Rama II) and his relics were enshrined here. They were later moved to the Ho Phra That Monthian and Mahitsara Prasat now houses various images of Buddha.

Information

: Tourism Authority of Thailand : Tourist Service Center (TAT and Tourist Police), Tel. 1155 : Tourism Authority of Thailand Tourist Service Center : The Chao Phraya River : Major tourist of RATTANAKOSIN : The Sights of Rattanakosin, The Committee for the Rattanakosin Bicentennial Celebration Published on the Occasion of the Bicentenary of Bangkok, 1982, P. 5-51.