Wat Ratchaburana – Ayutthaya doesn’t just have a past, it still breathes.
Ayutthaya is not just an old city. It is also a “living” city.
Wat Ratchaburana is one of those evidences.
Many people visit Ayutthaya and quickly pass by Wat Ratchaburana, taking pictures of the pagoda, and then going to the next temple. But if you stop long enough, you will realize that this temple is not just an ancient site, but a place filled with “traces of love, faith, and loss” all at once.
Wat Ratchaburana was built by King Sam Phraya to dedicate to his two brothers who died in a struggle for the throne. It is a temple born from sadness, but it is so beautiful that it is beyond words. The main prang standing tall in the Ayutthaya sunlight does not only convey its greatness, but it is like standing in the middle of the memories of the entire city.
Anyone who has walked down into the chamber under the pagoda will feel like walking through history. The faded paintings on the walls are still there. Even though the treasures inside were stolen decades ago, the feelings inside have not disappeared—they are still full.
Wat Ratchaburana is not the temple that people talk about the most.
But it is the temple that “speaks to the heart” the most.
Don’t believe me… come and see for yourself.
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