Wat Bamrung Tham วัดบำรุงธรรม - Restored Ancient Temple - Ayutthaya Thailand 2025

Wat Bamrung Tham (วัดบำรุงธรรม)

Wat Bamrung Tham or the Monastery of Keeping up the Dharma is an active monastery located off the city island in the northern area of Ayutthaya in Ban Mai Sub-district.

On site is a new monastic complex and an old de-consecrated ordination hall built in the Early Ayutthaya style (1351 - 1488 AD). The old ubosot has a single elevated porch with two entries in the east and a back door on the western side. There are three rectangular windows on the northern and southern sides. The roof is two-tiered, which is an architecture feature which took root in the Middle Ayutthaya period (1488 - 1629 AD). On the western side of the ubosot stands a two-rabbeted angled chedi. The old monastic structures are surrounded by a wall (Kamphaeng kaeo or crystal wall), separating the monastic world from the secular world.

The new ubosot was built in the Late Ayutthaya style (1629 - 1767 AD). It is a very slender hall with a three-tiered roof. The gable is beautifully decorated with an image of Vishnu riding Garuda. There are five rectangular windows on the longest sides. The hall has two porches with two entries and is also surrounded by a wall. Four columns on each porch support the roof. The structure stands in a northwest-southeast alignment.

Wat Bamrung Tham was a small local temple serving the community in its vicinity during the Ayutthaya era. The temple grounds expanded over time.

Historical data about the monastery and its construction are unknown. Apparently the temple was known before as Wat Saphan Yao or the "Monastery of the Long Bridge".

บำรุง = to maintain, keep up, keep in good condition; ธรรม = Dharma (Buddhist
teachings).

The old hall was in very bad shape but the local government recently restored the old hall. This will preserve a small part of the history of the area.

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