Wat Arun

Alternative Names
วัดอรุณราชวราราม ราชวรมหาวิหาร
Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan
Date
1851
Work Type
temple

References

  • View of the prang, or spire
  • View Wat Arun from across the Chao Phraya River
  • View of Wat Arun's central prang, or spire, with steps leading to it
  • Detail of mid-height stairway
  • Detail of ceramic and porcelain designs
  • View of architectural details and pavilion
  • Detail of ceramic floral designs
  • Detail of ceramic floral designs
  • Detail of yaksha
  • Detail of a row of yakshas
  • View of the central prang, or spire, with stairway, yakshas, and Indra riding the three-headed elephant Erawan, or Airavata
  • View of the central prang, or spire, with stairway, yakshas, and Indra riding the three-headed elephant Erawan, or Airavata
  • View of pavilion
  • Detail of ceramic floral design with cowrie shells
  • View of entryway from the stairwell
  • View of a prang, or spire, with yakshas and a trident finial
  • View of a prang, or spire, with yakshas and a trident finial
  • View of the Grand Palace from Wat Arun
  • View of a prang, or spire, with equestrian figures in niches
  • View of Wat Pho from Wat Arun
  • Detail of ceramic detailing
  • Detail of ceramic detailing and yakshas or guardian figures
  • Deatil of a yaksha or guardian figure on central prang
  • Deatil of a yakshas or guardian figures on central prang
  • Deatil of a yakshas or guardian figures on central prang
  • Deatil of a yakshas or guardian figures on central prang
  • Deatil of yakshas or guardian figures on central prang, with oblique view of Indra riding the three-headed elephant Erawan, or Airavata, in a niche above
  • Detail of Indra riding the three-headed elephant Erawan, or Airavata
  • Scene depicting Buddha's Mahaparinirvana and monks
  • Detail of monks behind the Mahaparinirvana scene
  • Detail of monks behind the Mahaparinirvana scene
  • View of prang, or spire, with pavilion behind
  • Entrance to central prang, or spire
  • View of evening sky behind the pavilion
  • Colored lanterns
  • View of prang, or spire, with equestrian figure in the niche
  • Detail of porcelain and ceramic floral designs
  • Detail of porcelain and ceramic floral designs
  • Detail of porcelain and ceramic floral designs
  • View of a guardian animal, possibly a lioness and her cub
  • View of the central prang, or spire, and surrounding architecuture
  • View of the central prang, or spire, and surrounding architecuture
  • View of the central prang, or spire, with surrounding architecuture and a portrait of Rama IX and Queen Sirikit of Thailand in foreground
  • View from Wat Saket showing Wat Arun on left and Wat Suthat in the middle
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