Wat Suren, or the Monastery of the God Indra (1), is located off the city island in the western area of Ayutthaya in the Ban Pom Sub-district.
It is situated on Road No 347, just next to a small coconut factory and south of Wat Worachet.
In situ is a brick mound with remnants of a wall and broken Buddha statues. The site is covered in dense vegetation.
The monastery was likely surrounded by a moat and was accessed by a canal called Khlong Klaep, which had a junction with the Lopburi River (2) north of Wat Chai Watthanaram.
The historical background and construction period of the former monastery are unknown, although the temple is mentioned in the Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya.
The army of the Burmese General Nemiao Sihabodi (Ne Myo Thihapate) set up army camps around the city of Ayutthaya in early 1767 CE. One of the enclosures reinforced with bastions was set up at Wat Suren. From this position, the city was fired at with large guns.
"The next morning Nemiao, the general of the armies, conscripted men and had all his army masters and brigade masters lead them on in to establish stockades at the Monastery of the Krachai Plant, the Monastery of the Victory Pavilion, the Monastery of the Tortoise, the Monastery of the God Indra and the Monastery of Red. They had bastions built in each and every stockade and large and small guns taken up onto them to be fired at the capital in volleys.” [1] (Named respectively: Wat Krachai, Wat Ta Muk, Wat Tao, Wat Suren and Wat Daeng)
A canal leading to a temple, presumably Wat Suren (alternatively, it could also have been Wat Worachet), is found on the map of Jean de Maguelonne de Courtaulin (1638?-1...) titled "Siam ou Iudia, Capitalle du Royaume de Siam Dessigné sur le lieu Par Mr Courtaulin missre Apostolique de la Chine" and published in 1686 CE by Franciscus Jollain, the elder (1641-1704).
The monastery's historical background and period of construction are unknown.
The site is in geographical coordinates: 14° 20' 47.19" N, 100° 31' 44.29" E.
