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Wat Benchamabophit

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Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram (วัดเบญจมบพิตรดุสิตวนาราม) is a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Dusit district of Bangkok, Thailand. [1]

25 relations: Bangkok, Buddhism, Chulalongkorn, Damrong Rajanubhab, Dusit District, Dusit Palace, Five-baht coin, Gem scam, Khlong, Marble, Monk, Mudra, Narisara Nuwattiwong, Ordination, Phitsanulok, Sala (Thai architecture), Stupa, Temple, Thailand, The Amazing Race 9, Theravada, Ubosot, UNESCO, Wat, World Heritage site.

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Thailand.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Chulalongkorn

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poraminthra Maha Chulalongkorn Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua (พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรมินทรมหาจุฬาลงกรณ์ พระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว), or Rama V (20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910), was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri.

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Damrong Rajanubhab

Prince Tisavarakumarn, the Prince Damrong Rajanubhab (สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าดิศวรกุมาร กรมพระยาดำรงราชานุภาพ; Full transcription is "Somdet Phrachao Borommawongthoe Phra-ongchao Ditsawarakuman Kromphraya Damrongrachanuphap" (สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าดิศวรกุมาร กรมพระยาดำรงราชานุภาพ)) (21 June 1862 – 1 December 1943) was the founder of the modern Thai educational system as well as the modern provincial administration.

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Dusit District

Dusit (ดุสิต) is one of the 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand.

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Dusit Palace

Dusit Palace (พระราชวังดุสิต, Phra Ratcha Wang Dusit) is a compound of royal residences in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Five-baht coin

The Thailand five-baht coin is a currency unit of the Thai baht.

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Gem scam

The gem scam is a confidence trick performed in Bangkok, Thailand as well as other cities in the country.

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Khlong

A khlong (also commonly spelled klong; คลอง) commonly refers to a canal in Thailand.

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Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.

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Monk

A monk (from μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks.

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Mudra

A mudra (Sanskrit "seal", "mark", or "gesture") is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Narisara Nuwattiwong

Prince Chitcharoen, the Prince Narisara Nuwattiwong (นริศรานุวัดติวงศ์; 28 April 1863 – 10 March 1947), Prince Naris for short, né Chitcharoen (จิตรเจริญ), was a member of the royal family of Siam (now Thailand), minister, general and scholar.

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Ordination

Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart as clergy to perform various religious rites and ceremonies.

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Phitsanulok

Phitsanulok (พิษณุโลก) is an important, historic city in lower northern Thailand and is the capital of Phitsanulok Province, which stretches all the way to the Laotian border.

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Sala (Thai architecture)

A sala (ศาลา; សាលា), also known as a sala Thai, is an open pavilion, used as a meeting place and to protect people from sun and rain.

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Stupa

A stupa (Sanskrit: "heap") is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (śarīra - typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation.

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Temple

A temple (from the Latin word templum) is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.

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The Amazing Race 9

The Amazing Race 9 is the ninth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. The season featured eleven teams of two, all with pre-existing relationships, in a race around the world for a grand prize.

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Theravada

Theravāda (Pali, literally "school of the elder monks") is a branch of Buddhism that uses the Buddha's teaching preserved in the Pāli Canon as its doctrinal core.

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Ubosot

An ubosot (อุโบสถ), Retrieved 5 March 2015.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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Wat

A wat (វត្ត wōat; ວັດ vat; วัด) is a type of Buddhist temple and Hindu temple in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. The word wat is borrowed from Sanskrit vāṭa (Devanāgarī: वाट), meaning "enclosure".

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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Benchamabophit National Museum, Benchamabopit National Museum, Marble Temple, Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram, Wat Benjamabopit, Wat Benjamabopitr, Wat Pencamapabitra.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Benchamabophit

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