THIS IS A ROYAL TEMPLE BUILT IN THE REIGN OF RAMATHIBODEE 2ND,THE TENTH KING OF AYUTTHAYA. ORDERED TO BE BUILT IN 1499 A.D.THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE TEMPLE IS THAT THE FIRST TIME THE BURMESE KING DEFEATED THE THAI KING PEACE TALKS AND AN AGREEMENT WERE REACHED IN THE TEMPLE WITH MONKS SCRIPTURES AND THE IMAGE OF BUDDHA AS WITNESSES.ON ANOTHER OCASSION THE TEMPLE GROUNDS WERE THE SIGHT WHERE THE BURMESE KING SHELLED THE ROYAL PALACE OF AYUTTHAYA FROM. THE WAR ENDED WHEN ONE OF THE CANNON EXPLODED FATALLY INJURING THE BURMESE KING WHO DIED ON HIS WAY HOME.