GRAND VIHARA, WAT PHRASRISANPETCH
Front entrance
Back entrance
Leftover structures
In the early Ayutthaya period, after Wat Phrasrisanpetch was turned into royal temple in King Trilokkanart's era, it was believed that the Grand Vihara was built in King Ramathibbadee II, King Trilokkanart's son, which is around 2042 B.E. In the following year, 16 meters tall golden buddha statue, named by the King as 'Phrasrisanpetch statue', was created and put inside the Grand Vihara. In the year 2310 B.E., Ayutthaya was lost to Burmese. As a result, the Burmese burned the whole city and took all the gold in the city. This situation make the whole city damaged as well as Phrasrisanpetch statue. In the beginning of Rattanakosin era, King Rama I changed the location of the statue from the Grand Vihara, Ayutthaya to a Stupa in Wat Phrachetupon, Bangkok to preserved it value.
Drawing showing the information of the past form of Grand Vihara overlapping the present form which is the ruin. The past form was derived from Dr. Sanurr nildech'book,in which he is an expert in Ayutthaya archaeology.
Activities inside the building in the past were hinted from the remaining ornament.
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