Maha Phruettharam subdistrict

{{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Maha Phruettharam |native_name = มหาพฤฒาราม |settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] |coordinates = |motto = |image_skyline = ถนนในกรุงเทพ - panoramio.jpg |image_caption = Maha Phruettharam Road near Hua Lamphong in evening | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Bang Rak District]]  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}} |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Amphoe|Khet]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Bang Rak District|Bang Rak]]  |established_title = |established_date =  |area_total_km2 = 0.889 |area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|script-title=th:สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563|trans-title=Bangkok Statistics 2020|author=Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|date=2021|access-date=27 November 2021|lang=th|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930084153/https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |area_water_km2 =  |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 10527 |population_density_km2 =  |timezone = [[Indochina Time|ICT]] |utc_offset = +7 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m =  |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = {{#property:P281}} |area_code = |blank_name = [[TIS 1099]] |blank_info = {{#property:P1067}} |website = |footnotes = }} [[file:วัดมหาพฤฒารามวรวิหาร เขตบางรัก กรุงเทพมหานคร (27).JPG|thumb|250px|Mural painting of Wat Maha Phruettharam, the origin name of the subdistrict]] [[file:แยกมหานคร เขตบางรัก 2019.jpg|thumb|250px|Maha Nakhon–Si Phraya Intersection, also known as Maha Set Intersection, where Si Phraya meets Maha Nakhon and Maha Set Roads overlaps the area of Si Phraya]] [[file:201701 FamilyMart Store in Soi Chom Sombun.jpg|thumb|250px|[[FamilyMart]] at the entrance of Soi Chom Sombun on the side of Rama IV Road inbound]] '''Maha Phruettharam''' ({{langx|th|มหาพฤฒาราม}}, {{IPA|th|mā.hǎː pʰrɯ́t̚.tʰāː.rāːm|pron}}) is one of the five ''[[khwaeng]]'' (subdistrict) of [[Bang Rak District]], Bangkok.

==History== The subdistrict is named after the local temple, Wat Maha Phruettharam Worawihan (วัดมหาพฤฒารามวรวิหาร), or known in short as Wat Maha Phruettharam, the third grade temple of [[wat|worawihan]], an old monastery whose exact origin is unknown, originally named Wat Tha Kwian (วัดท่าเกวียน).

The name of the temple is derived from the legend about the legendary king of [[Ayutthaya era]], U-thong (the legendary king was not King [[U-Thong]], founder of the Ayutthaya Kingdom). He had escaped [[cholera]] which was seriously spreading at the time. He travelled by ''kwian'' ([[wagon]]) and came to park his wagon in the area, but was told that area was the resting place from the travellers who travelled by the kwian.

Later, King [[Mongkut]] (Rama IV) named the temple Wat Takien (วัดตะเคียน), and he jointly built the new temple with his son, Prince [[Chulalongkorn]] (later King Chulalongkorn or Rama V). The temple was renovated and being raised to the royal temple and was renamed Wat Maha Phruettharam Worawihan by King Chulalongkorn.

This temple is regarded as one of the oldest and most remarkable temples in the area. Highlights of this temple include walls of the [[ubosot|ordination hall]] are covered with beautiful murals depict the 13 ascetic practices of Buddhism from just above the floor right up to the ceiling, regarded as different from other temples, and in the third building, the [[vihara|sanctuary]] with a 19 m (62 ft) [[Buddha images in Thailand|reclining Buddha]] in gold. Considered as the second largest reclining Buddha after the reclining Buddha of [[Wat Pho]] in [[Rattanakosin Island]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mgronline.com/dhamma/detail/9580000074787|work=[[ASTV Manager]]|language=thai|title=รักษ์วัดรักษ์ไทย : ชมจิตรกรรมฝาผนังแปลกตา ณ วัดมหาพฤฒาราม|date=2015-07-03|accessdate=2019-10-14|trans-title=Rak Wat Rak Thai : Admire unusual mural paintings at Wat Maha Phruettharam}}</ref>

The temple situated on the left side of Maha Phruettharam Road, a short road that separates from [[Rama IV Road]] inbound at Hua Lamphong Intersection opposite to [[Bangkok Railway Station]], more commonly known as Hua Lamphong, at the corner of Charoen Sawat 36 Bridge and parallel to [[Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem]] [[khlong|canal]] southward and bend slightly towards the west before dead-ends at the foot of [[Phitthaya Sathian Bridge]], where it combines [[Charoen Krung Road]]. The road is located on the edge of Bang Rak and [[Samphanthawong]] Districts.<ref name=mana/> It is served by only one [[Bangkok Mass Transit Authority|BMTA]]'s bus line 1.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bmta.co.th/th/lines|work=BMTA|language=thai|title=สายรถประจำทาง |trans-title=Bus Lines}}</ref>

==Geography== Maha Phruettharam can be considered the northernmost area of the district.<ref name=mana/>

Neighbouring subdistricts are (from the north clockwise): [[Pom Prap]] of [[Pom Prap Sattru Phai District]], [[Rong Mueang]] and [[Wang Mai, Bangkok|Wang Mai]] of [[Pathum Wan]] District (Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem and Rama IV Road are the divider lines), [[Khwaeng Si Phraya|Si Phraya]] and [[Bang Rak Subdistrict|Bang Rak]] in its district ([[Si Phraya Road|Si Phraya]] and Charoen Krung Roads are the divider lines), [[Talat Noi]] of Samphanthawong District (Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem is a divider line).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cpd.bangkok.go.th:90/web2/map/keat/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81.jpg|language=thai|title=เขตบางรัก|trans-title=Bang Rak District|work=Bsa.or.th|access-date=2019-10-14|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204621/http://cpd.bangkok.go.th:90/web2/map/keat/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demography== In 2017 it had a total population of 11,609 people (5,396 men, 6,213 women) in 6,551 households.<ref name=mana>{{cite web|url=http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showVillageData.php?rcode=10040401&statType=1&year=60|work=Stat.dopa.go.th|language=thai|trans-title=Report of population and households statistics of the year 2017|title=รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้าน ประจำปี พ.ศ.2560}}</ref>

==Places== ===Important places=== *Wat Maha Phruettharam Worawihan *[[Mahaprutharam Girls' School]] *Wat Kaew Jam Fah (Wat Kaew Fah Lang) *Siphraya Polytechnic College *Mandarin Hotel Bangkok *Central Labour Court and Pathum Wan District Court *Sapanluang Church *The Second Church Samyan *[[Hua Lamphong MRT station]] (entrance 1, 4) *Bangkok Centre Hotel

===Transportation=== *Rama IV Road *Si Phraya Road *Maha Phruettharam Road *Maha Nakhon Road<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaitambon.com/tambon/100401|title=ข้อมูลแขวงมหาพฤฒาราม เขตบางรัก กรุงเทพมหานคร|work=ThaiTambon|trans-title=Information of Maha Phruettharam Subdistrict, Bang Rak District, Bangkok|language=thai}}</ref>

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[[Category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]] [[Category:Bang Rak district]]