Wat Thepthidaram

The construction was completed in the year 1839, and a new royal name was bestowed as Wat Thepthidaram ("the temple of the celestial daughter").

In ordination hall, the principal Buddha image which was carved form pure white stone is enshrined inside the Wetchayan Butsabok (small size of mandapa), that King Rama III had invited from the Royal Grand Palace to the temple, hence, it got the name Luang Pho Khao (white reverend father).

Afterwards, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) gave the name Phra Phuttha Thewavilas to the Buddha image in the year 1971.

[1] Wat Thepthidaram was registered to a national ancient monument by the Fine Arts Department in the year 1977.

[2] Moreover, the temple was used to be the residence of Sunthorn Phu, the royal poet in the early Rattanakosin era, while he ordained as a monk (under patronage by Princess Vilas).

The gable of the ordination hall in Chinese architecture
Principal Buddha Phra Phuttha Thewavilas