Loha Prasat Temple a Bangkok

Ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun gine-gine a Bangkok shine haikalin Chedi Loha Prasat, wani ɓangare na Wat Ratchanatda. Ana iya samun wannan a kusa da "tsohuwar" birnin Bangkok akan abin da ake kira tsibirin Rattanakosin, kusa da titin Khaosan da Wat Saket. A tsakiyar Wat Ratchanatda an gina Chedi Loha Prasat mai tsayin mita 37.

Rama lll ya yi nazarin addinin Buddha a Sri Lanka don haka ya zo da ra'ayin samun irin wannan tsari, kamar yadda aka gani a Sri Lanka da Indiya, wanda aka gina a Bangkok. Ya sa Wat Ratchanatda ya gina wa dan uwansa Mama Ying Sommanad Wattanawadi a cikin 1846 don samar mata da cibiyar tunani. Saboda sarkakkiyar ginin, ginin bai kammala ba sai Rama Vl.

Sunan Wat Ratchanatda a zahiri yana nufin "Monastery of the Royal Cousin". Wannan dan uwan, duk da haka, daga baya ya zama matar Sarki Mongkut (Rama lV) Sunan Loha Prasat yana nufin sunan Indiyawa a lokacin Ubangiji Buddha.

Ginin ya bayyana a matsayin dala mai filaye guda uku. Amma abin mamaki shi ne cewa an gama gefuna na bene da chedi na ƙarfe 37, kowannensu yana da dogayen siraran ƙarfe na ƙarfe tare da ƙaramin “parasol” na Burma a saman. Lambar 37 tana nufin kyawawan dabi'u 37, waɗanda ke jagorantar mai bi na Buddha zuwa wayewa. Idan mutum ya hau bene na sama ta hanyar matakala, akwai kwali da ke bayyana manufar Nirvana.

Babban bene an ƙawata shi azaman Mondop, an gama shi da siririyar siriri. Anan an ajiye abubuwa masu tsarki a cikin wani wuri mai duhu tare da akwati mai duhu wanda ke dauke da kayan tarihi na Buddha.

A bayan Loha Prasat akwai kasuwa don kayan ado da hotunan Buddha.

Source: Bangkokculturaltours

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