Wat Mai - The New Temple - Ayutthaya Historical Park

WAT MAI KHLONG SRA BUA (วัดใหม่)

Wat Mai or the New Monastery is a restored ruin located off the city island in the area of
Khlong Sra Bua and Khlong Mueang (the old Lopburi River), opposite respectively Wat
Na Phra Men (active temple) and the Grand Palace (restored ruin).

The temple complex faces south towards the Lopburi River as most of the temples along
this city canal. It is customary in South and South-east Asia that the monastic structures
are aligned in an east-west axis and that the principal building faces east, the direction of
the rising sun, and representation of life. In this case another important consideration
played a role which is, that a temple should face water, explained by the fact that the
Buddha attained enlightenment sitting under a Bodi tree facing a river. The temple can
face south, as the south has a neutral value in the cosmological alignment.

In situ are the remains of an ordination hall or ubosot and a number of satellite chedi
The monastery was surrounded by an outer wall. According to archaeological evidence,
the monastery dates from the Late Ayutthaya period (1629-1767) and could have been
in use even in the Early Ratanakosin (Bangkok period).

Historical data about the monastery and its construction are unknown.

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