Ayutthaya/Wat Phutthaisawan Temple;
Above from the TAT website.Wat Phutthaisawan is the monastery situated on the river bank opposite Ko Muang to the south. Travel by car along the route Ayutthaya - Sena to the west of Ko Muang. After passing the bridge in front of Wat Kasattrathirat, turn left to Wat Chaiwattanaram. Follow the direction signs, you will find a left turn to Wat Phutthaisawan. This monastery was built in the area where King U-thong moved to establish his city. The area was first known as Wiang Lek, named after the royal palace of King U-thong. The most interesting part of wat Phutthaisawan is the great principal Buddha image ; its style is of the early Ayutthaya Period.
So what did I think of it? Well it is a mixture of old and new stuff, got to admit I find the new stuff a bit boring, also seems to be quite a mixture of beliefs, they got Khymer stuff and Chinese stuff plus the normal stuff, maybe they are aiming for a bigger market share of Bhudists.
Anyway lets start with the main Monks room, this is normally locked so you cannot view it normally, now this has scenes painted like a tapestry and was done hundreds of years ago, they must have used better paint than I did on my place as it is in better condition.
The paintings or murals tell us about the ancient times of Ayutthaya history.
This is where the Monks sailed off to Sri Lanka, when they got back a couple of years later they found that Ayutthaya had been laid to waste by the Burmese.
As per normal it does feature elephants.
Looking from the main Monks room you can see a Chinese type Temple.
This is at present being built on the same grounds.
It is actually quite a nice temple and worth maybe 1 hour of your time.