When King U Thong built Ayutthaya as his island capital some 650 years ago, the city was to last for 417 years. Over its long history from 1350 to 1767 there were five Thai dynasties and a total of 33 kings. When people from other countries came to the kingdom they remarked on its’ size and wealth and the beauty of the place. See ruins which have survived from this once magnificent city

The viharn holds a large image of Buddha subduring the Mara which is 12.45 metres high and has a knee span width of 9.55 metres. it was built with brick and plaster and was covered with bronze 3-4 inches thick

It is located almost right in the centre of Ayutthaya City and A typical of the Ayutthaya ruins, large crumbling Chedi or Stupa surrounded by low laterite walls and rows of Headless Buddha Images. One Buddha Image-head is in a tree trunk. This is one of the old city's most impressive edifices

It was built in 1424 and the early Ayutthaya Prang is still standing has a beautiful stucco work. Found inside the prang crypt large quantities of treasure and religious objects