Wat Arun ( Temple of the Dawn) is in the Bangkok Yai district of Bangkok, Thailand, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River.The full name of the temple is Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahavihara (วัดอรุณราชวรารามราชวรมหาวิหาร). The temple was built in the days of Thailand's ancient capital of Ayutthaya and originally known as Wat Makok (The Olive Temple). In the ensuing era when Thonburi was capital, King Taksin changed the name to Wat Chaeng.The Wat had a brief period as host of the Emerald Buddha, which was moved to Wat Phra Kaew in 1784.The later King Rama II. changed the name to Wat Arunratchatharam. He restored the temple and enlarged the central prang. The work was finished by King Rama III. King Rama IV gave the temple the present name Wat ArunratchawararamWat Arun figures in one of Thailand's most colorful festival, the Royal Tod Kathin. Then His Majesty the King travels down the river in a procession of Royal barges to present new robes to the monks after their three-month lent period.
Location : No. 34, Arun Amarin Road, west side of Chao Phaya RiverKwangWatArun,KhetBangkokYai
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