The Buddhist temple of Wat Ratchaburana is one of the most popular attractions in Ayutthaya, the ancient capital of the eponymous state is once the most important city in the world.

It was founded in the early Ayutthaya period, namely in 1424 by King Borommarachathirat II at the site of the cremation of his two older brothers Chao Phraya Aye named Suphanburi, and Chao Yi Phraya named Shepton Mallet. They were killed during the fight for the right of succession to the throne after his father Intra Racha. Their ashes were laid in two chedi (stupa) in shrilanskiyskom style.

The central building in the territory of Wat Ratchaburana is phrang - structure, a corn cob, typical of Khmer-style, inside which are valuable relics. Phrang temple is one of the largest in the whole of Ayutthaya. It was restored by UNESCO, and only in some places it retains its original moldings. Here you can see the Garuda, lotus and other symbols of Buddhism.

During the invasion of Burmese at Ayutthaya temple, like many others, it was looted and destroyed. In 1957, within the central phranga it had found a cache of gold weighing more than 100 kilograms, and many statues of the Buddha. Unfortunately, most of the findings was stolen by looters, few discoveries have survived. Their main part is stored in the Chao Sam Phraya Museum. The surviving statues of the Buddha can be traced as the Khmer influence and features of the style of the kingdom of Sukhothai.

Uniqueness Vatu Ratchaburana give frescoes inside the cache, miraculously preserved to this day. Of course, the attacks of marauders and time did not spare them, but the frescoes are very rare example of the art of the initial period of Ayutthaya.