The Stupa (Phar Prang
This is the most important monument in the temple. King Rama II considered that the original prang which was 16 meters in height should be reconstructed as the glory of the city, but he passed away shortly after the beginning the task. King Rama III completed the structure and crowned it with amulti-pronged bronze pinnacle.This task was performed by Rama IV.It is 81 meters high and is surrounded by smaller prangs and mondops on each side and in between. The Phra Buddha Prang, as the great central tower is called, has three Circumambulation galleries running around it, which can be reached by climbing any oneof the four very steep staircases. Above each staircase there is a niche with a figure of Indra on his three-headed elephant Erawan.The crown on the summit was originally made tobe given to the presiding Buddha image at Wat Nang Nong. When the nine pronged finial was to be raised,King Rama III ordered the crown to be placed above it.Four small prangs surround the main one in the centre. Statues of Phra Phai, the wind-god on hiswhite horse are placed in each niche on these. Statues of giants and monkeys support the Mondop and the five Prangs as caryatids. Kinnaree and Kinnaree are set in relief in niches all the way round of the first gallery.On the ground around the prangs there are Chinese sculptures both in the forms of human being sand animals. In the eastern wall there are three gatesand two along the western wall.On the top of these five gates the royal emblemsof each king from King Rama I to King Rama V areto be seen. On the forth base of circumambulation arefour replicas of the prang at each of the corners. wall decorated with pieces of broken porcelain of varietiesof colors. Some are in Thai-style flame patterns whileo thers are in the form of flowers. Bencharong ware isalso used to decorate the surface of the prang.