Wat Suwannaram

Bangkok · Thailand · Monastery

On the old execution grounds of Wat Suwannaram, the spirits of Burmese prisoners of war are said to still drift among the stupas.

Wat Suwannaram in Bangkok Noi served as an execution site for Burmese prisoners of war during the eighteenth-century wars, and its grounds long functioned as a cremation site for the city's dead. Neighbours tell of a headless man wandering the temple precincts, a preta clinging to the bell tower, and a woman who appears by the canal pier at midnight. The temple also houses some of the finest nineteenth-century mural paintings in Thailand, lending the old horror stories a strange frame. The mix of art treasures and execution lore makes the place unique in Thonburi.

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Where is Wat Suwannaram located?

Wat Suwannaram is in Bangkok, Thailand.

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