Bangrak Wat Yannawa Photo

Photographer’s Note

Wat Yannawa or as it is called often, the boat wat, is a picturesque Thai Buddhist monastery in the heart of Bangkok at the Chao Phraya river in the district of Bangrak. Only a few minutes walking is a BTS Sky train station.

This wat was build during the last years of the Ayutthaya periode more then 200 years ago. Originally it was called Wat Khok Kwai or buffalo stable. About 170 years ago a Chinese junk was added, hence the nickname boat wat. Since that time it is called Wat Yannawa. Yan in Thai means craft or conveyance and nawa, vessel or boat.

The Temple itself is more of a suburban one, with the exception that it has been frequented over the years by the Chinese population of Bangkok, catering to the nearby Chinatown.

ribeiroantonio, danos, Angshu, mikolaj_kawa, paura has marked this note useful

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Galoy (282) 2009-06-28 19:03

Hi Urs, beautiful colors, good brightness, excellent picture. Good work.

Congratulations

Galoy

serp2000 (9717) 2009-06-28 21:23

Hallo, Urs,
Fine shot! Nice colours, good composition!
And interesting note!
I do not know this Wat,but one american magazine posted my photo from Wat Suthat Temple.
Warm regards,
Serghei

danyy (69465) 2009-06-28 23:04

Bonjour Urs,
un cadrage un peu juste, il coupe les pointes du temple et montre la route que je trouve peu utile sur la photo. La présence des voitures gêne aussi. Il y avait sans doute moyen de redresser un peu la perspective.
Best regards.
Daniel.

Graal (58732) 2009-06-28 23:10

Hi Urs,
an interesting presentation. Nice architecture of monastery, well done photo. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

ribeiroantonio (21975) 2009-06-29 7:03

Wow, what a great building. The roof is marvelous and the windows show a very nice design. It is a good shot with a very pleasant POV. Well done.
Antonio

Silvio1953 (42869) 2009-06-29 7:15

Ciao Urs, composition with wonderful building, fantastic colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

danos (33300) 2009-07-01 4:35

Hi Urs,
very nice presentation of the Wat Yannawa,with the impressive domes to outlined against the blue sky.I like the decoration elements of the temple,as the brilliant light and the vivid colours of the scene.Well done.

Regards,Danos

Angshu (34119) 2009-07-01 21:15

Dear Urs
I did not know this Wat. of course there are so many of these temples in BKK & I has visited around 8 of them. From this point, the 'boat' of this Wat is not visible..possibly I would like to see the same in one of your future posts. A fine informative note as always!
Best Regards
Angshuman

mikolaj_kawa (31287) 2009-07-09 2:17

Hello Urs! Very interesting architecture. Good point of view, very good capture. Nice natural light and colours. Well done!

paura (39306) 2009-07-09 3:01

Urs,
This is really an uncommon architecture. Excellent point of view in order to show the beautiful constructions to all us. well done!

REgards

PAulo

abiesudiono (105) 2009-10-30 0:51