| Chedi or Stupas are bell shaped towers which | | | | Ubosot is a hall where important ceremonies take |
| contain artifacts of Buddha or they may have the | | | | place. It may not be always open to the public. |
| mortal remains of important monks or kings. Wat | | | | The ubosot should have an altar with one or |
| Yai Chai Mongkon is an example of such a bell | | | | more Buddha images. |
| shaped chedi. It can also be in the shape of | | | | The big chedi of Wat Yai Chai Mongkon now has |
| pagoda. | | | | modern images of Buddha lined up in the inner |
| The huge chedi of Wat Yai Chai Mongkon was | | | | courtyard. There is wonderful view of Ayuthhaya |
| built in 1592. Ayuttaya king, Nareusan the Great, | | | | landscape which you can see if you climb the |
| built it. But this temple already existed during the | | | | base of bell shaped chedi.. There is a reclining |
| time of King Ramathibodi in 1357 and it was used | | | | Buddha, built by the King Nareusan, for purpose of |
| as the site for meditation by monks. | | | | meditation. |
| When the Burmese took over Ayutthaya, they | | | | The temple has been now converted to a |
| destroyed the small chedis but Wat Yai Chai | | | | museum in the honor of King Nareusan. A modern |
| Mongkon was too big to be destroyed and | | | | wiharn is built behind the chedi. A wiharn is a place |
| survived the attack. A new Ubosot was built in | | | | which houses Buddha images where people come |
| the place of the old Ubosot, which was set on fire | | | | to pray for peace. |
| by the attackers. | | | | |