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Wat Chong Krom วัดจงกรม - Ancient Temple in Ayutthaya- With Drone Footage
Wat Chong Krom (วัดจงกรม)
Wat Chong Krom is today only a restored ruin located off the city island in the northern area of Ayutthaya in Khlong Sra Bua district.
The temple was situated in an area called Thung Khwan, nearly on the same north - west
axis parallel to Khlong Sra Bua, in between Wat Phraya Maen and Wat Phra Ngam. Wat Prasat stood north and adjacent from Wat Chong Krom.
The name of the monastery likely refers to a meditation technique, namely walking
meditation.
The site features a chedi, a vihara, an ubosot and different satellite chedi, all surrounded
by a wall. The ground plan of the monastery is a bit uncommon. In olden times it was the
rule that in addition of a stupa (phra prang or phra chedi), there was a vihara. Stupa and
vihara - in the simplest design - stood in the same main longitudinal axis. Often a chedi
was first built as a memorial, indicating the exact spot at which the event took place in
whose memory the temple was established. As we find here the ordination hall (ubosot)
not in the main axis, the ubosot was presumably built at a later stage.
Traditions though have been kept, as the ordination hall was built parallel to the vihara
and placed in the center of the monastic complex as it is the most accentuated religious
building. The outer wall dates probably of the same time as the construction of the
ubosot.
The principal stupa is a bell-shaped chedi in Ayutthaya style, built on an octagonal
foundation (in the cardinal and inter-cardinal directions). The chedi has an entry in the
east, leading into its sanctity via a staircase. In the cella along the inner wall niches were
built, where once Buddha images stood.
The vihara stands in the usual position east of the phra chedi, with its entrance facing east
towards the old Lopburi River. The building measured 11.7 meters in width on 19.2
meters in length, nearing the 1:2 classic proportion. The vihara has been restored at least four times.
The whole temple complex including the monk's quarters was surrounded by a moat. The monk's dwellings were situated in the south as it was a general rule that their quarters must lie to the right side of the main Buddha image of the ubosot.
Historical data about the monastery and its construction are unknown. Wat Chong Krom
was abandoned during the Siam - Burmese war which lead to the destruction of Ayutthaya in 1767. The monastery was used again in the Early Ratanakosin period.
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