Pseudo: Sim100 - - 2008-07-08 :: Wat Chanasongkhram Ratchaworamahawiharn - Wat Chanasongkhram Ratchaworamahawiharn is an old monastery which was built before the first reign of Rattanakosin (before 1782). The former name is Wat Klang Na (Temple in the Paddy Field). In the reign of King Rama I, Somdet Phra Bowonratchao Mahasurasinghanat (the viceroy in King Rama I's reign) granted Mon people and Monks to lived in the area, renovated the temple to be residence of Mon Monks. Later, King Rama I gave the new name Tong Pu (name of a town in Myanmar) after the name of Mon Temple in Ayutthaya and Lopburi. In the reign of King Rama I, the temple became a center of Mon sect of Buddhism as he awarded to Mon soldiers who formed major troop in war with Burmese. After the war, the temple was restored and made the Royal Temple, and then renamed again to be Chanasongkhram which means Victory of War, as Thai gained victory over Burmese for three times between 1785 - 1787.
