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Temple of Dawn, Wat Arun.
The Temple of Dawn or Wat Arun is named after the Indian god of dawn, Aruna.
Today, Wat Arun has a long, elongated, Khmer-style, prang, the tower, and four minor towers symbolising Mount Meru, the terrestrial representation of the thirty-three heavens.
It was restored during the brief Thonburi period to be the Royal Chapel of King Taksin. An important structure is a 79 meter high pagoda or "Phra Phang" decorated with ceramic tiles and fragments of multicoloured porcelain. The Prangs are covered with pieces of porcelain, which Chinese boats coming to Bangkok used as ballast.
The name of this temple literary means "Temple of the Dawn" but the most beautiful view of it can be seen from the east side of the river at sunset.
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