Wat Saket

Wat Saket Ratchawora Mahawihan
วัดสระเกศราชวรมหาวิหาร (วัดสระเกศ)
The main wihan
Religion
Affiliation	Theravada Buddhism
Location
Location	Boripat Road, Khwaeng Ban Bat, Khet Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100
Country	Thailand
Shown within Bangkok
Geographic coordinates	13°45′14″N 100°30′30″E / 13.75389°N 100.50833°E / 13.75389; 100.50833
Architecture
Type	Thai Architecture
Completed	Unknown (believed to be Ayutthaya period;[1] renovated many times during the Rattanakosin period)
Website
www.facebook.com/watsraket

Wat Saket Ratchawora Mahawihan (Thai: วัดสระเกศราชวรมหาวิหาร), usually shortened to Wat Saket, is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, Bangkok, Thailand.

The temple dates back to the Ayutthaya era, when it was known as Wat Sakae (วัดสะแก). When Bangkok became the capital, King Rama I (1737–1809) renovated the temple and gave it its present name (which roughly translates as "wash hair"); it was believed that on his return from the war, the king stopped to take a bath and wash his hair here, before entering the inner city.^[2]