Wat Kanikapon

Trok Issaranuphap

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Wat Kanikapon (วัดกณิการ์ผล, also known as Wat Mae Lao Feng), Trok Issaranuphap (at the intersection of Trok Issaranuphap and Phlap Phla Chai Rd). A short walk from the much-visited Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is Wat Kanikapon, built in the late nineteenth century. Certainly off the beaten path, if it is known by travellers, then it is because of the fact that the temple was founded by a brothel owner. The dark green tiles decorate that the window frames bear resemblance to the green curtains used in the brothels that once thrived in Yaowarat (in Thailand, green was used to designate brothels in a similar way as red was used to designate brothels in the West). Next to the ubosot in a smaller viharn housing a Western-looking Buddha image. Free.

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