Wat Chotikaram - Nonthanaburi Thailand - Built in 1807

Wat Chotikaram, originally called "Wat Sam Chin", was built in 1807. The door and window facades of the ubosot are embellished with stucco designs, with decorative blue and white ware and Benjarong (traditional Thai five colored ceremics). The door panel of the Vihara is engraved with the Chinese door keeper figure.

The historical sites in the temple is the 3 room brick Vihara in 'Song Rong' (an architectural style, which is a type of the monastery building surrounded by opaque walls and a few windows.).

Inside is enshrined a principle Buddha image on a pedestal. Mural paintings are depicting the life of Buddha and other scenes of the Jataka. The upper most murals are the paintings of the previous Buddhas, a popular mural tradition in King Rama IV reign.

Wat Chotikaram also has an ubosot from the Ayutthaya era that is a brick building. The front has a Palai (or a veranda). At the triangle end of the roof are stucco patterns in flowering and ornamental plant pictures. The facade 'Jaranam' is also adorned with porcelain. These decorations were assumed to be 'Phra Rajaniyom' style, a popular art existing in the reign of King Rama III.

The chedi, located between the ubosot, and phra Vihara is a 20 indented cornered chedi. Up above the chedi body, it was ornamented with yellow porcelain. The top has layers of receding lotus mouldings. The shape of the stupa bares the splendid resemblance to Chedi built in King Rama IV period at Wat Po.

The vihara is surrounded by walls called 'Kam Paeng Kaew'. There are little prangs (or Khmer-style cornshaped stupas) at the 4 corners of Kam Paeng Kaew. These prangs were embellished with yellow porcelain like the chedi. This vihara has reinforced concrete front and back balconies. The front door panel was carved in Chinese door keeper patterns, the same as the patterns at Wat Nang Chee.

The temple is a nice place to visit if you are nearby but not worth a special trip. The murals and the styling of the ordination hall are the highlight of the temple.

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