Wat Buddhapadipa
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "check for unknown parameters".Template:Wikidata image Wat Buddhapadipa or the Buddhapadipa Temple (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".; RTGS: Script error: No such module "lang".) is a Thai Buddhist temple in Wimbledon, London. The temple is under Thai royal patronage.[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript
History of the temple
Origins
The temple (wat) was originally established at 99Script error: No such module "String".Christchurch Road, East Sheen. The property was purchased by the Thai government for £17,000 on 24Script error: No such module "String".August 1965, and the first monks took up residence on 15Script error: No such module "String".November. King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit formally opened the temple on 1Script error: No such module "String".August 1966, on Āsāḷha Pūjā. King Bhumibol also gave the temple its name, which means "Light of the Buddha".[3]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript[4]Template:R/superscript
The desire to construct an ordination hall (ubosot) eventually meant that the temple had to be moved to a different location. In 1975, the Barrogill estate at 14Script error: No such module "String".Calonne Road, Wimbledon, was purchased, and the monks moved there the following year. Situated on four acres of land, the estate had ample space for the construction of the hall.[1]Template:R/superscript[4]Template:R/superscript[5]Template:R/superscript
Ordination hall
The ordination hall was designed by the Thai architect Praves Limparangsri, and cost approximately 33Script error: No such module "String".million Thai baht (£825,000). The new temple received royal consecration on 3Script error: No such module "String".April 1982, and Princess Galyani Vadhana presided over the setting of the boundary stones (bai sema) around the hall on 30Script error: No such module "String".October.[6]Template:R/superscript[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript
Inside the ordination hall are three statues of the Buddha:
- The Black Buddha (Template:Langx; Template:Rtgs), which was created from bronze in the Sukhothai period and is 650Template:Ndash700 years old. A wealthy woman in Bangkok presented it to King Bhumibol on 20Script error: No such module "String".June 1966 so that it could be placed in the new temple in East Sheen.[1]Template:R/superscript[3]Template:R/superscript
- The Golden Buddha (Template:Langx; Template:Rtgs), which was specially created for the ordination hall.[1]Template:R/superscript
- A replica of the Emerald Buddha of Wat Phra Kaew.[1]Template:R/superscript
Abbot
Phra Thepphawanamongkhon (Template:Langx) became the abbot of Wat Buddhapadipa in 1994.[7]Template:R/superscript He died in Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok on 18Script error: No such module "String".November 2022, at the age of 96, after 75 rains.[8]Template:R/superscript
On 30Script error: No such module "String".January 2023, the Sangha Supreme Council appointed Chao Khun Laow Panyasiri as the new abbot.[9]Template:R/superscript He had been the acting abbot since 25Script error: No such module "String".November 2022.[10]Template:R/superscript
Murals
The murals inside the ordination hall were painted by thirty Thai artists over an eight-year period. The two principal artists were Panya Vijinthanasarn and Chalermchai Kositpipat.[1]Template:R/superscriptTemplate:Notetag They employed a contemporary style that emphasized visual impact, which was unorthodox for Buddhist imagery; the work is now considered a pivotal moment in the development of the neo-traditional style of Thai art.[11]Template:R/superscript
Work began in 1984.[1]Template:R/superscript The central room was completed in 1987,[1]Template:R/superscript but the two side rooms were not finished until 1992.[1]Template:R/superscript
The murals in the central room relate the life of the Buddha, and the murals in the two side rooms relate the Mahānipāta Jātaka.[1]Template:R/superscript
Central room
- Western wall. Among the scenes represented are the Birth of the Buddha in Lumbini, the Great Renunciation in Kapilavastu, and the First Sermon in Sarnath. Designed by Panya Vijinthanasarn.[1]Template:R/superscript
- Northern wall. The Defeat of Mara and the Enlightenment in Bodh Gaya. Designed by Panya Vijinthanasarn.[1]Template:R/superscript
- Eastern wall. Among the scenes represented are the Last Meal at Pāvā, the Parinibbāna in Kushinagar, and the Cremation and the Division of the Relics. Designed by Chalermchai Kositpipat.[1]Template:R/superscript
- Southern wall. The Three Worlds (Traiphum). Designed by Chalermchai Kositpipat.[1]Template:R/superscript
Western side room
- Western wall. Candakumāra Jātaka (7/542)Template:Notetag and Nārada Jātaka (8/544). Designed by Pang Chinasai and Kittisak Nuallak.[1]Template:R/superscript
- Northern wall. Vidhura Jātaka (9/545). Designed by Pang Chinasai and Kittisak Nuallak.[1]Template:R/superscript
- Eastern wall. Vessantara Jātaka (10/547). Designed by Pang Chinasai and Kittisak Nuallak.[1]Template:R/superscript
- Southern wall. Bhūridatta Jātaka (6/543). Designed by Pang Chinasai and Kittisak Nuallak.[1]Template:R/superscript
Eastern side room
- Western wall. Nimi Jātaka (4/541). Designed by Sompop Budtarad.[1]Template:R/superscript
- Northern wall. Temiya Jātaka (1/538). Designed by Sompop Budtarad.[1]Template:R/superscript
- Eastern wall. Mahājanaka Jātaka (2/539) and Sāma Jātaka (3/540). Designed by Sompop Budtarad.[1]Template:R/superscript
- Southern wall. Mahosadha Jātaka (5/546). Designed by Sompop Budtarad.[1]Template:R/superscript
Gallery
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Notes
References
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