Wat Mangkon Kamalawat
The largest and most important Chinese Buddhist temple in Bangkok, set in the heart of Chinatown. Incense smoke fills its halls, and it is at its busiest at Chinese New Year and during the annual vegetarian festival.
- Where
- Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 13.7437, 100.5097
Get the Wat Mangkon Kamalawat stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bangkok volume with your photos and a note.
Near Wat Mangkon Kamalawat
Leng Buai Ia Shrine 0.2 km
A Chinese shrine tucked inside the Talat Kao market off Yaowarat Road, in the heart of Chinatown. It is often said to be the oldest Chinese shrine in Bangkok, and smoke from incense coils hangs under its roof.
Yaowarat Road 0.6 km
The main street of Bangkok's Chinatown, lined with gold shops, Chinese signs and old shophouses. Chinese traders settled here about 200 years ago, and at night the road turns into one long food street.
Golden Buddha 0.8 km
A seated Buddha of solid gold weighing 5.5 tonnes, kept at Wat Traimit near Chinatown. For about two centuries it hid under stucco and coloured glass, until the plaster cracked during a move in 1955 and the gold showed through.
Hua Lamphong Station 0.9 km
Bangkok's old central railway station, with an arched hall of glass and steel that was for decades the hub of Thai rail. Long-distance trains moved to Krung Thep Aphiwat in 2023, but the grand terminus still stands in Pathum Wan.
Wat Saket 1.2 km
A wat in old Bangkok crowned by the Golden Mount, an artificial hill with a gilded chedi on its summit. A winding stair climbs past bells and trees to a terrace that looks out over the rooftops of the old city.
Wat Suthat 1.2 km
One of ten first-class royal wats in Bangkok, with the tall red frame of the Giant Swing standing in the square before it. Its great hall holds Phra Si Sakyamuni, a large bronze Buddha brought down from Sukhothai.
Giant Swing 1.3 km
A towering red frame, 21 metres tall, standing in front of Wat Suthat in old Bangkok. It once held a swing used in a Brahmin ceremony, and is now one of the city's best known landmarks.
Chao Phraya Sky Park 1.3 km
A 280 metre garden walkway laid on a viaduct left from an abandoned skytrain project, between Memorial Bridge and the Phra Pokklao Bridge. It opened in 2020 and gives a high, open view along the Chao Phraya.
More hidden gems in Bangkok
Questions
Where is Wat Mangkon Kamalawat?
Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is in Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Leng Buai Ia Shrine (0.2 km), Yaowarat Road (0.6 km), Golden Buddha (0.8 km).
How do I get the Wat Mangkon Kamalawat stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bangkok volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Wat Mangkon Kamalawat before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bangkok volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.