[1] Wat Ratchaburana was founded in 1424 by King Borommarachathirat II of the Ayutthaya Kingdom and built on the cremation site of his two elder brothers.

The two brothers had fought to their deaths in a duel for the royal succession to their father Intha Racha.

[2] In 1957 the temple's crypt was looted of a large number of Buddha images and gold artifacts.

[1][3] The prang's crypt, accessible by steep stairs, houses faded frescoes.

[2] The crypt's Buddha images, now housed in the Chao Sam Phraya Museum, exhibit both Khmer and Sukhothai influences.