Bangkok Bank presents the Royal Kathin 2021 to Wat Manee Sathit Kapittharam, a royal Buddhist temple in Uthai Thani province, to preserve the Buddhist culture
November 01, 2021
Bangkok Bank presented the Royal Kathin in 2021 to Wat Manee Sathit Kapittharam, a royal temple in Uthai Thani province. This marks the 55th year of upholding this tradition to preserve the Buddhist culture through a donation of 11,671,858 baht from customers, staff, government agencies and the local people.
Bangkok Bank presented the Royal Kathin in 2021 to monks who have completed the three-month Buddhist Lent at Wat Manee Sathit Kapittharam, a royal temple in Mueang Uthai Thani District of Uthai Thani province, marking the 55th time the Bank has presented the Royal Kathin. This year, the ceremony was presided over by Bangkok Bank Directors Amorn
Chandarasomboon and Chokechai Nijianskul, Senior Executive Vice President Suvarn Thansathit, Director and Executive Vice President Thaweelap Rittapirom and Corporate Secretary Apichart Ramyarupa.
Bangkok Bank Executives and staff as well as Uthai Thani governor Kajornkiat Rakpanichmanee, deputy governor Alongkot Worakee, civil servants, representatives of the government sector, customers and local people joined the ceremony. With the concerted efforts of staff, customers and the general public, a donation of 11,671,858 baht was raised to give to the temple.
Bangkok Bank was the first financial institution to be honored with the commission of taking the Royal Kathin to temples under royal patronage in all regions in Thailand and other temples in neighboring countries. The Bank began presenting the Royal Kathin in 1967 and 2021 was the 55th year of upholding this tradition to preserve the Buddhist culture and traditions.
Wat Manee Sathit Kapittharam, the royal temple was built in 1888 and was originally called Wat Manee Thudongsong Mullikawat located on Maneerat Road in Uthai Mai sub district in Mueang Uthai Thani district of Uthai Thani province covering five rai, one ngarn and 42.2 square wah of land. People near the temple call it Wat Thung Kaeo as they commonly call the area in which the temple located “Thung Kaeo” for its vast fields popular among monks when on pilgrimage.
On March 18, 1935, there was a major fire at Sakae Krang Market. Fire broke out at the market and houses in the south and west of Wat Khwit. Although the temple's buildings were not damaged by the fire, the government had to reorganize the city plan to build the market and houses. The road cut through the land of Wat Khwit on three sides, namely Sri Uthai Road, Maharat Road and Sakae Krang Road. Therefore, Wat Khwit was merged with Wat Thung Kaeo. Somdej Phra Wanrat (Heng Khemjaree), the primate of Nakhon Sawan Province, changed the name of Wat Thung Kaeo to “Wat Mani Sathitkapittharam” in 1938 (“mani” which means “glass” refers to “Thung Kaeo” and “kapit” which means “makhwit” refers to “Wat Khwit”). Subsequently, the temple received His Majesty the King’s grace to raise its status to be a third-class royal monastery of ordinary type on March 22, 1993.
In the temple area, there is a holy pond – 14.60 meters wide, 17.40 meters long and 7.19 meters deep. A stone incantation spell in Khmer characters in the middle of the pond sanctified the pond to become holy water to be used in auspicious ceremonies and it was used to cure sicknesses of the villagers in the past. The water from the holy pond (together with water from other sources in Nakhon Sawan Province) was used in the coronation ceremony of King Rama 6 in 1913, Rama 7 in 1925 and in the current reign (Rama 10). The pond was also used for a sacred rite and a water consecration ceremony was held at the Ubosot of Wat Mani Sathitkapittharam on April 9, 2019. In addition, within the temple area, there are many important sanctuaries and buildings such as “Uthai Thammasapa” Phra Pariyattham School, a five-peak stupa with eight meters wide and 16 meters high, Kuti Sunthorn Pramuk, Somdej Phra Wanrat Heng Khemajari Tripitaka Hall, Sala Sangkhasapa and Phra Viharn Luang.
Bangkok Bank also allocated approximately 4.8 million baht for the restoration work including the restoration of the Tripitaka Hall and 39 bathrooms, as well as the improvement of the surrounding landscape in Wat Mani Sathitkapittharam. The Bank also joined the 2021 Kathin ceremonies of important local temples, namely Wat Sanggat Rattan Khiri, Wat Nong Khun Chat, Wat Thammakosok, Wat Uposatharam, and Wat Phichai Puranaram. In addition, the Bank also donated funds to Uthai Thani Hospital and four schools in the province.
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