Bangkok
Wat Arun
Bangkok's Temple of Dawn
34 Arun Amarin Road, Kwang Wat Arun
Bangkok Yai
Bangkok, 10600
Phone: +66 2 225 7612
Fax: +66 2 225 7615
Website | EmailThis light-and-sound presentation focuses on the history of one of Bangkok's most famous landmarks, Wat Arun, which was named after the Indian God of Dawn, Aruna. The temple features a porcelain-encrusted, 79-meter central pagoda, Phra Prang, that sparkles in the sun. It also has four towers symbolizing Mount Meru, the terrestrial representation of the 33 heavens. King Taksin selected it as a royal temple in 1767 as it was the first place in Thonburi to catch the early morning light. It housed the Emerald Buddha after it was recaptured from Laos and before it was moved to Wat Phra Kaeo in 1875.
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