| WAT SING SAI (วัดสิงห์ทราย) |
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| Wat Singsai was located on the city island in the southwestern area of Ayutthaya in Pratu Chai Sub-district. It was situated in the present Somdet Phra Sri Nakharin Park; the latter being part of the Ayutthaya Historical Park. The site of the former monastery is accessible via U-Thong road. The monastery belonged to a cluster of temples located along a canal, connecting Wat Luang Chi Krut with Wat Chao Prap, running parallel with the city’s defense wall. This cluster of temples was located in a residential area in the reign of King Chakkraphat (r. 1548-1569) also called the Lord of the White Elephants; Thianracha (Chakkraphat), before ascending the throne, had his princely residence in the area. The area was before important, as most of the palace officials and high ranked persons were living on both sides of the Chao Phraya River between Wat Phutthai Sawan and Wat Chai Watthanaram. The last traces above ground level of this temple probably disappeared when the Somdet Phra Sri Nakharin Park was constructed. Only a large grass field remains. Its historical background and exact period of construction are not known, although it is very likely that the former monastery was built in the Middle Ayutthaya period (1488 - 1629 AD). Wat Sing Sai must have been approximately located in geographical coordinates: 14° 20' 29.78" N, 100° 33' 5.45" E. |
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| Text & maps by Tricky Vandenberg - September 2009 Updated July 2015 |
| (Detail of Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map - Anno 1926) |
| (Detail of a 1993 Fine Arts Department map - Courtesy Khun Supot Prommanot, Director of the 3th Regional Office of Fine Arts) |
