Wat Thep Sirin subdistrict


Wat Thep Sirin subdistrict is a khwaeng of Pom Prap Sattru Phai district in Bangkok.

History

, is a royal temple named in honour of Queen Debsirindra, wife of King Mongkut and mother of King Chulalongkorn.
The area originally was known as Suan Mali and Rong Liang Dek. Both of them are tambon in Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Phra Nakhon Province.
Rong Liang Dek was the first nursery in Thailand, it was founded in 1890 by Princess Saisavali Bhiromya, the royal consort of King Chulalongkorn, following the loss of her eldest daughter at the age of five years to typhoid in 1889. She established the nursery to adopt orphans north of Suan Mali. After it opened, she named all children herself, before whose names she prefixed the word Bun.
The nursery was demolished, but its name still appears as a soi on left side of Bamrung Mueang Road called Soi Rong Liang Dek or Trok Rong Liang Dek and it is in the area of neighbouring Khlong Maha Nak Subdistrict.
In 1940, Suan Mali and Rong Liang Dek were merged with Wat Thep Sirin.

Geography

Wat Thep Sirin borders four subdistricts : Khlong Maha Nak, Rong Mueang of Pathum Wan District, Pom Prap, and Ban Bat.
Phlapphla Chai Road runs south from Pom Prap and ends at the junction where it joins with Bamrung Mueang Road.

Places

  • Wat Thep Sirin
  • Debsirin School
  • Yotse Bridge
  • Wat Thewi Worayat
  • Wat Disa Nukaram
  • Suan Mali Fire & Rescue Station
  • Yotse Medical Clinic