Wat Saket วัดสะเกศ

Wat Saket Golden Mount Temple Bangkok

* Wat Saket [ Golden Mount ] is a Buddhist Temple built on a very large formation protruding into the sky in the western side of the City of Bangkok in Pom Prap Sattru District. It is located between Boriphat and Lan Luang Roads and is open from 8 am to 9 pm daily. Whilst it does not offer much in the way of art and architecture as is usual in Bangkok temples it does offer and extraordinary view over to the west and Dusit and south west towards Wat Sutat and other major places of interest.
* Tourists not in good health should avoid the climb up the steep 318 steps to the summit.
* The Mount is within the larger grounds of Wat Saket.
* This temple dates back to the Ayutthaya Kingdom. What you see today was built in the time of Rama 1 to serve as Bangkok City's crematorium and isolation retreat for suffers of the plague and other ailments. It was located out side the then City's fortification walls.
* The golden Chedi was started to be added in the time of Rama 111 and finished in the period of Rama V.