Talk:Wat Arun

File:Temple of the Dawn 01 Photo D Ramey Logan perspective.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Temple of the Dawn 01 Photo D Ramey Logan perspective.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on September 29, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-09-29. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 16:57, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

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Wat Arun ("Temple of the Dawn") is a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand, across the river from the Grand Palace. It is named after Aruṇa, the Hindu god of the dawn, and was restored in the early 19th century during the reign of Rama II. Shown here is the entrance to the ordination hall.Photo: D Ramey Logan

Image in infobox

Hi, GünniX, I would like to replace the image in the infobox by this one, because imo, it is of a better quality. Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 07:29, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

The lighting is indeed better, but unfortunately one of the peripheral prang is obscured from that angle. Looking briefly through the Commons category and on Flickr doesn't reveal a better alternative either. It seems few people visit in the morning. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:00, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for asking me. My image in the first revision was removed long before. Your image shows a blue sky, in the bright sunshine the trees and the river are more beautiful, too. But Wat Arun is hidden. So I prefer the current image in the infobox. --GünniX (talk) 17:34, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

File:The sculptures of two mythical giant demons, Thotsakan and Sahatsadecha, guarding the eastern gate of the main chapel of Wat Arun, Bangkok.jpg scheduled for POTD

Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture File:The sculptures of two mythical giant demons, Thotsakan and Sahatsadecha, guarding the eastern gate of the main chapel of Wat Arun, Bangkok.jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for December 9, 2020. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2020-12-09. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:59, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Wat Arun is a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand. The temple derives its name from the Hindu god Aruna. This photograph shows the sculptures of two mythical giant demons, Thotsakan (green-skinned) and Sahatsadecha (white-skinned), guarding the eastern gate of the temple's ordination hall, a building designated for the performance of upasampadā, the Buddhist ordination ritual, and other ritual ceremonies. The entrance of the ordination hall has a roof with a central spire, decorated in coloured ceramic and stucco and sheathed in coloured china.

Photograph credit: BerryJ

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Minor edits and request for another edit

I have tidied up some of the English as it seems to have been written by someone whom, while they have very good English, English is not their first language, and there were some small errors.

Some of the photos need recaptioning. 'Buddha lord statue inside the chapel' would be better as 'Lord Buddha in the main shrine.' Also 'buddha sculpture in Wat Arun' should be 'Buddha statues in Wat Arun', and 'photo made in march 2020 by me' should be '2020 picture by Jean-Pierre Grosset'. I don't know where these captions are stored and don't know how to alter them.

Also for some reason this title has turned red. I don't know why. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indigocat (talk • contribs) 10:14, 13 September 2022 (UTC)