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of huge dimensions inside Wat Saket, but the chedi collapsed during construction because the soft soil of Bangkok could not support the weight. Over the next few decades, the abandoned mud-and-brick structure acquired the shape of a natural hill and was overgrown with weeds. The locals called it the
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Cement crematorium near Wat Saket in the past (circa 1900); the black spots atop the crematorium are vultures waiting to eat the corpses. The crematorium was demolished to make way for the Men Pun intersection at the end of the
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to Bangkok, leading to more than 30,000 deaths in the capital. Wat Saket became the main receiving ground of many dead bodies that were moved in every day, along with Wat Sangwet in
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and placed in the chedi. The surrounding concrete walls were added in the 1940s to stop the hill from eroding. The modern Wat Saket was built in the early 20th century using
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when one in ten people in Siam and the surrounding areas were killed by the disease. The last spreading of the disease took place in 1881, when many hundreds died each day.
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was a hub of the fireworks industry; however, after the demolition of the fort and removal of its community, fireworks trading has been banned.
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procession up Phu Khao Thong to the chedi, which is wrapped in a long red robe (similar to "Hae Pha Khuen That" (āđāļŦāđˆāļœāđ‰āļēāļ‚āļķāđ‰āļ™āļ˜āļēāļ•āļļ) festival of
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Phu Khao Thong is now a popular Bangkok tourist attraction and has become a symbol of the city.
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Old photo (around 1900) of dilapidated prang from the collection of Cornell University Library
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The vulture statues in memory of the cholera outbreaks, when the vultures ate the corpses
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Wikimapia: Temple of the Golden Mount or Phu Khao Thong (āļ āļđāđ€āļ‚āļēāļ—āļ­āļ‡) -Bangkok (Krungthep)
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The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand
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Historic photo of Wat Saket and Golden Mount during King Rama V's reign
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An annual festival is held at Wat Saket every November, featuring a
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The vultures became a grim image and reminder of the deaths, and
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period; renovated many times during the Rattanakosin period)
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wihan
Affiliation
Theravada
Buddhism
Ban Bat
Pom Prap Sattru Phai
Bangkok
Thailand
Wat Saket is located in Bangkok
Geographic coordinates
13°45â€ē14â€ģN 100°30â€ē30â€ģE / 13.75389°N 100.50833°E / 13.75389; 100.50833
Thai Architecture
Ayutthaya
www.facebook.com/watsraket
Thai
wat
Pom Prap Sattru Phai district
Ayutthaya era
Rama I
inner city
Rama III
chedi
Rama IV
Rama V
Pritsadang
Carrara marble
candlelight
Wat Phra Mahathat
Nakhon Si Thammarat

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