Wat Chana Songkhram
Wat Chanasongkhram Ratchaworamahawiharn, usually shortened to Wat Chana Songkhram, is a second-class royal monastery in Chana Songkram Sub-district, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, within area of Bang Lamphu opposite to Khaosan Road and next to Rambuttri Road.
The temple is located at 77 Chakrabongse Road, it is an old monastery which was built before the first Rattanakosin period. The former name is "Wat Klang Na", later the reign of King Phutthayotfa Chulalok, Prince Maha Sura Singhanat granted Mon people and monks to lived in the area, renovated the temple to be resident of Mon monks. Later, King Phutthayotfa Chulalok gave the new name "Wat Thong Pu", refers to name of a town in Myanmar after the name of Mon temple in Ayutthaya and Lopburi in the reign King Phutthayotfa Chulalok. The temple became a center of Mon sect of Buddhism as he awarded to Mon soldiers who formed major troop in war with Burmese. After the war, the temple was restored and made the royal monastery, and then renamed again to be "Wat Chana Songkhram" which means victory of war temple as Thai gained victory over Burmese for three times between 1785–87.
Wat Chana Songkram is open for visitors or travelers every day, with no admission fee. And it has been promoted as one of the nine temples under the campaign "Respect to the Nine Temples" by Tourism Authority of Thailand along with other temples viz Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho, Wat Suthat, City Pillar Shrine, San Chao Pho Suea, Wat Arun, Wat Rakhangkhositraram and Wat Kalayanamitr for the auspicious of life.
