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Bangkok Tourist ›› Places to go ›› LAK MUANG SHRINE (CITY PILLAR SHRINE)


LAK MUANG SHRINE (CITY PILLAR SHRINE) In 1782, King Rama I was crowned as the first monarch of the Chakri dynasty. Having moved his capital from Thonburi to Bangkok, he ordered the ceremony to raise the traditional City Pillar on Sunday, April 21, 1782 at 6:45 am. The City Pillar: Made from laburnum wood and decorated with heartwood, it is a decreed 108 inches of it are above ground and 79 inches buried in the soil. The top of the pillar is decorated in shellac and gold leaf and has a pointed tip. Inside is the birth certificate of the city. When King Rama IV came to the throne, he saw that the Pillar was deteriorating and had it rebuilt. An expert in astrology, he improved the city's fortunes by holding a ceremony to inscribe the city's birth certificate on a gold bar of one baht in weight at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. The shrine was rebuilt as the top of a prang, as at a pavilion in Ayutthaya, and great festivities were arranged when the city's birth certificate was placed in the City Pillar. Inside the shrine are the three original gods: Phra Seua Muang, Phra Song Muang and Phra Lak Muang. When Thailand weathered a crisis, King Rama V ordered the building of Phra Siam Devathiraj as another god guarding the city. Maho
		The City pillars

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LAK MUANG SHRINE (CITY PILLAR SHRINE)

Maha Chai Road Phra Borommaharatchawang Sub-District
Phra Nakhon District Bangkok 10200

In Brief : Historical place
Bus: 1 3 6 9 15 19 25 30 32 33 39 43 44 47 53 59 60 64 65 70 80 82 91 123 201 203
Air Con Bus: 1 3 25 38 39 44 82 507 508 512

Free Admission

Open: Daily

In front of the Shrine Clock Tower Grand Palace National Museum National Theatre Pakkhlong Market Phrotamnak Suan Kularb School Sanam Luang Saranrom Park Silpa Bhirasri Memorial Silpokorn U. Thammasat U. Thawornwatthu Bldg.
War Mahothat Wat Pho Wat Phra Kaeo

Parking:
In front of the Shrine
Difficult to find parking in this area

Near by Attractions:
Wat Phra Kaeo
Clock Tower
Grand Palace
National Museum
National Theatre
Pakkhlong Market
Phrotamnak Suan Kularb School
Sanam Luang
Saranrom Park
Silpa Bhirasri Memorial Silpokorn U.
Thammasat U. Thawornwatthu Bldg.
Wat Mahathat
Wat Pho

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Exquisite Pulpit in an Old Mosque

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Rama lll's Royal Seat

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King Taksin's Relices Shrine

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Princess Mother's Childhood Residence

The First Portuguese Church in Thon Buri

The Ancient Golden Buddha Image

A Muti-Ethnic Mosque

City Wall From Rama I Regeign

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