Wat Chetuphon or Wat Pho, the official name being Wat Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm Rajwaramahaviharn, is a first grade Royal monastery, regarded as the most important one during the reign of King Rama I of the Chakri Dynasty. The importance of this is due to the King having managed the restoration of Wat Phodraram, an old monastery from the Ayutthaya period were located near the Grand Palace. Some ashes of King Rama I were also kept inside the pedestal of the Principal Buddha image known as Phra Buddha Deva Patimakorn in the Main Chapel.