🇹🇭 Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭 Wat Pho or Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimonmangkalaram Ratchaworamahawihan is a first class royal temple and is an ancient temple. In fact, the temple is older than Bangkok itself as it was in existence when Thailand was still in Ayutthaya, in the 17th century. King Rama I, later enlarged the temple so that statues that were recovered from Ayutthaya in 1801 could be placed in the temple. Wat Pho is one of the largest temples in Bangkok and has received a UNESCO Memor