If someone asks. Come to Bangkok for the first time to go vacation? The answer is Wat Phra Si Rattanasasadaram, generally called Wat Phra Kaew in Thai. The temple in the Grand Palace. King Rama I built the temple and enshrined the Emerald Buddha there as a symbol of Siam's regained nationhood. The temple does not house any monks. Rather, it is more like the personal chapel of the royal family