There is a bewildering number of wats in Bangkok. Casual visitors will easily get overwhelmed in attempting to visit all of them. They range from roadside shrines to grand temples patronised by Thai royals.
On this page I am listing out the temples in Bangkok that I have documented. As far as possible, I will try to describe to you how you can visit it on your own by using a combination of public transport and some short-distance walking.
In describing the wats of Bangkok, it is worth making a comparison to its immediate predecessors, the wats in Ayutthaya. Unlike in Ayutthaya, the Thai monasteries of Bangkok do not follow a precise order of arrangement revolving around the reliquary - the chedi or prang, but instead all the main buildings within the sacred precinct appear to be given equal importance.1 The ubosot, or bot (ordination hall) and the viharn are larger, and retains some elements of the late-Ayutthaya style. Unlike the Lanna style, which we can see in the wats in Chiang Mai, the Bangkok temple have higher walls, while the roofs do not come to be close to the ground.
Map of Wats in Bangkok
More Buddhist Temples in Bangkok
Erawan Shrine Hindu shrine in front of the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
Ganesha Shrine Shrine outside Central World Plaza in Bangkok.
Golden Mount Man-made mount that was the highest point in Bangkok until the 1960's.
Let me take you to explore and discover Penang through my series of walking tours on YouTube. You may use these videos as your virtual tour guide. At the beginning of each video, I provide the starting point coordinates which you may key into your GPS, Google Maps or Waze, to be navigated to where I start the walk, and use the video as your virtual tour guide.
Disclaimer
Please use the information on this page as guidance only. The author endeavours to update the information on this page from time to time, but regrets any inaccuracies if there be any.
Hello and thanks for reading this page. My name is Timothy and my hobby is in describing places so that I can share the information with the general public. My website has become the go to site for a lot of people including students, teachers, journalists, etc. whenever they seek information on places, particularly those in Malaysia and Singapore. I have been doing this since 5 January 2003, for over twenty years already. You can read about me at Discover Timothy. By now I have compiled information on thousands of places, mostly in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, and I continue to add more almost every day. My goal is to describe every street in every town in Malaysia and Singapore.