Trimit Temple in Bangkok Travel

Trimit temple is located on Thai-Chinese Friendship Road near China Town and Bangkok railway station (Hualamphong). You can travel to this place easily and quickly. If you start at China Town area, you can walk along the road to Yowarach soi 1 and turn left at the corner with keeping walk about 100 meters then reaching the place finally. However, you can also travel to the tourist attraction from Hualamphong station by crossing the road at Phadungkrungkasem canal and turn left with crossing Phraram 4 road. Then turn right to Thai-Chinese Frienship Road with going on to the temple.

The History of The Temple

The temple was built around 1832. It was formerly named Wat Sam Chin(Three Chineses Temple). After three Chinese donors who contributed their properties to build the temple in 1939. Its name was changed to Wat Traimit Witthayaram and became a royal temple in 1956. The Buddha image named Sukhothai Trimit located The Wiharn (Hall of Worship) belongs to Sukhothai period, presumably made during the reign of king Ramkhamhaeng the great (1277-1317) the image was moved from wat Mahathat in Sukhothai to wat chotinaram(wat phrayakrai) during the reign of king Rama III. Then it was shifted to this temple and stored in the pavilion before moving to the present location in 1955. During its moving the lime covering of the image was cracked revealing the guilt golden Buddha image inside. The entire covering was then removed.

Openning Time: Official Hour

Charge: Free