Wat Phra Kaew is one of the most sacred Buddhist temples in Thailand, located within the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Some key features include the Emerald Buddha, discovered in 1434 and brought to Bangkok in 1784, and the ornate ordination hall with eight rows of mosaic-inlaid columns. The temple grounds also include royal pantheons, gilded shrines, and the Phra Mondop scripture pavilion with green mirrored tiles and gold medallions. Wat Phra Kaew has historically served as an important religious and cultural landmark in Thailand.

1. EFFECTIVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
Religious building
GROUP NAME: POH WENG CHUAN, YAN WAI CHUN
Lecturer: Mr. Ridhwan

2. THAI TEMPLE: WAT PHRA KAEW(the temple of Emerald Buddha)

3. • Located in the Heart of Bangkok( Phra Nakhon District)
• One of the history landmark of Thailand
• Located within the GRAND PALACE
• One of the most sacred
Buddhist temple in Thailand

4. History/Background
•the Emerald Buddha was Discover in 1434 at
Chiang Rai
•It was found hidden inside of the chedi when a
lightning damage it.
•It was transported to many place for
protection(Indonesia, Laos, thailand)
•In 1784 it was brought back to Thailand when
King Rama I established the capital Bangkok and
the Grand palace

5. Layout of the temple
• Ordination hall
• Pavilions
• Royal pantheon
• Golden Chedi
• The Phra Mondop

6. ordination hall
• The foundation of the building is made by stucco and cover
with multiple layers of plasters
• It has eight rows of columns that support the roof
• The columns are inlaid with glass mosaic
• The base of the shrine are made with multiple
layers of cement to support it
• The roof are decorate with colour
Ceramic tiles

7. • The doors of the temple are done in
mother-of-inlay with mondop style
• Most of the thai temple are
decorate with specific motifs
to chase of evil spirits
• The temple doors are often
decorate with ornaments

8. Interior of the temple
• There will be a large altar that
commemorate to the deaths of kings and
queens
• The Buddha Is place on the gilded wooden
busabok throne
• mural painting behind the wall depict the
cosmology of the traiphum

9. monuments
• The Phra mondop is temple’s scripture pavilion/ sacred library
• Constructed by king rama I to protect the Buddhist canon
• Only monks are able to enter
• It’s covered in green mirrored tiles inlaid with gold medallion

10. • Phra sri Rattana/ the golden chedi
• Built by the king Rama IV using the Ayutthaya style
• Inside the golden chedi contains sacred relics
• It is embellished with golden mosaic