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             Wat Anongkharam Woravihara 
              (Wat Anong) is located on Somdej Chao Phraya Road . The temple dates 
              from the early Rattanakosin Period. It was first named Wat Noi Kham 
              Thaem, after its builder, Than Phuying Noi, wife of Somdej Chao 
              Phraya Borom Mahaphichaiyart ( That Bunnag ). The temple was built 
              as a companion to her husband temple, Wat Phichayatikaram. King 
              Rama IV later renamed the temple Wat Anongkharam. 
            The stucco decorations on the gables 
              of the phra ubosot and on the window and door frames of the phra 
              ubosot and phra vihara are highly regarded for their beauty. 
            The presiding image in the phra vihara, 
              called Phra Chulanark, is an image of the Sukhothai Period in the 
              marn vichai pose, cast from metal and covered with gold. On either 
              side of the phra vihara there is a mondop, beautiful and unusual 
              to behold. The eastern mondop houses the Phra Buddha Saiyat image, 
              copied from Wat Rajathiwas. The western mondop houses a replica 
              of the Phra Buddhabat, which is cast from metal. 
            Another beautiful object to be found 
              at Wat Anongkharam is the Tripitaka bookcase, the work of late Ayutthaya 
              craftsmen. It is decorated with gold drawings depicting a royal 
              procession on land and on water. On the exterior of the doors are 
              inscriptions relating an episode of story of Mahosot, in which the 
              enemy has laid seige to the city. 
            Also of interest are monks' residences, 
              where the buildings and fences are of beautiful design.  
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