Wat Kalayanamitr

Wat Kalayanamitr Woramahavihan ( _th. วัดกัลยาณมิตรวรมหาวิหาร) is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Bangkok, Thailand. The temple is located in Wat Kalaya sub-district, on the Thonburi bank of the Chao Phraya River. The temple was established in 1825 by Chaophraya Nikornbadin (born To, Thai: เจ้าพระยานิกรบดินทร์ (โต)), who donated the temple to Rama III. Chaophraya Nikornbadin was an ancestor of the Kalayanamitr family, whose descendants include Saprang Kalayanamitr. A poem inscribed in the temple reads:

Wat Kalayanamitr Woramahavihan is one of three family temples of the Kalayanamitr family, along with Wat Rakhang and Wat Chakkrawat Rachawat Woramahavihan.The family name Kalayanamitr derives from a poem inscribed in the temple.

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