Wat Kanlayanamit Woramahawihan temple at Thon Buri in Bangkok Thailand

Wat Kalayanamitr Varamahavihara s a Buddhist temple (wat) in Bangkok, Thailand. The temple is located in Wat Kanlaya sub-district, on the Thonburi bank of the Chao Phraya River. The temple was established in 1825 by Chaophraya Nikonbodin a wealthy Thai Chinese trader, who donated the tem:ple to Rama III. Chaophraya Nikonbodin was an ancestor of the Kalayanamitr family, whose descendants include Saprang Kalayanamitr. A poem inscribed in the temple reads