WAT RAKHANG KHOSITARHAM WORAMAHAWIHARN

This Royal Temple is the second grade of Woramahawiharn, which was built during the Ayutthaya period. Its original name was WAT BANGWA YAI. In 1769 the temple was raised to be a Royal Temple by King Taksin the Great. He then graciously ordered to bring Phra Tripitaka (Buddhist Scriptures) from Nakhon Si Thammarat province to be revised. In the reign of King Rama I, The ancient bell was found there, King Rama I had the bell moved to the temple of the emerald Buddha and built five bells to donate to the temple. Then it was called Wat Rakhang. A major restoration had been carried out by Somdet Krom Phraya Thepsudawadi, The eldest sister of King Rama I. The temple used to be a residence of Somdet Phra Sangkharat Si, The first supreme Patriarch of the Rattanakosin period and Somdet Phra Buddha Chan(Toh Phrom Rangsi).
There is an old Tripitaka hall situated in the area of the temple. It was the original residence of King Rama I when he was still Phra Ratchawarintra when Thonburi was still the capital.