Dhamma Path Blog: Visiting Wat Awut Wikasitaram ~ Spiritual Home For Mae Chee Boon Ruen ~ Bangkok

Friday, September 5, 2025

Visiting Wat Awut Wikasitaram ~ Spiritual Home For Mae Chee Boon Ruen ~ Bangkok - Thailand.

Wat Awut Wikasitaram is a peaceful and serene temple, many devotees come here to pray and pay their respects to Khun Mae Chee Boon Ruen. Wat Awut Wikasitaram is especially revered as the spiritual home of Mae Chee Boon Ruen, a revered nun whose humble beginnings and profound wisdom continue to inspire countless devotees. On weekends, the temple becomes a bustling hub of devotion, filled with the gentle murmur of chants and the soothing aroma of incense. Here is an important temple where many people seek blessings from Mae Chee Boon Ruen.

Wat Awut Wikasitaram is an ancient temple located on the western side of the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok (built over 200 years ago) that it began with a group of monks and villagers who migrated from Ayutthaya after the fall of the capital in 1767. Originally known as Wat Pak Khlong Bang Phlat or Wat Bang Phlat Nok. It was then this temple was established in 1879 with kuti and other buildings built on the site.

Sala Pavilion Mae Chee Boon Ruen Tongboonterm. Photo taken at the entrance Sala Pavilion. In the near future, this building Sala Pavilion will be under renovation.

Photo taken with Hermit Phra Lersi Chiwok, (teacher of medicine) is enshrined at front Sala Pavilion Mae Chee Boon Ruen.

Mae Chee Boon Reun was born in 4th March BE2437 and passed away in 7th September BE2507 at the age of 70 years old. She was a very close disciple of Lp Sod Wat Paknam where she learnt the way of meditation till a very high level. She first started off learning meditation at 15 years old under her uncle who is LP Prink Wat Bangpakod. She later got married to a police sergeant but did not stop her practice of meditation. After marriage she often went to Wat SamPhanThaWong to meditate because she felt very peaceful there and even encourage her husband to ordain as a monk there. When her husband retired, she decided to ordain herself as a nun. She then resided in a house where it is named as Baan Samnak Kisut. In this samnak, Mae Chee Boon Reun practiced and taught meditation to anybody who came. She also had many people queuing at her doorstep everyday because of her healing powers. She later moved to Wat Saranat Thammaram ~ Rayong for one year to continue meditation before coming back to reside in Wat Awut Wikasitaram until she passed on.

The main altar for enshrined statues of Mae Chee Boon Ruen. Devotees would use the purse to place on a statue Mae Chee Boon Ruen and pray for Prosperity and Wealthy, some serene sight of devotees seeking solace, enlightenment and healing aura at the feet of her effigy ~ statue.

The sacred of Relic Ashes of Mae Chee Boon Ruen, enshrined in this shrine.

Close view with the statue of Mae Chee Boon Ruen, here the purse to place on a statue Mae Chee Boon Ruen and pray for Prosperity and Wealthy. At center statue (highest) for devotees seeking solace, enlightenment and healing aura at the feet of her effigy ~ statue.

The Ubosot of Wat Awut Wikasitaram with venerated many sacred statues.

Beautiful and sacred statues of Tao Wessuwan, Phra Upakut, Pillar Lion and Phra Thep Angel.

The front side of the Ubosot and entrance gate.

Photo taken with statue King Rama V ~ King Chulalongkorn The Great.

The main principal Phra Phuttha Cinnaraj statue enshrined in the Ubosot.

The pavilion building for Wat Awut Wikasitaram. The right hand side covered by the white hoarding (Sala KhunLek - Khunying Suwanee Singh Somboon) is the site for temporary enshrine Relic and statues Mae Chee Boon Ruen throughout the period of the renovation for 'old' Sala Pavilion Mae Chee Boon Ruen until it complete.

With utmost respect, I seek the noble blessings of the venerable senior monk on duty.

LP Yai (Phra Sitthisansophon), former abbot of Wat Awut Wikasitaram. He is remembered for his role in the temple Wat Awut Wikasitaram and for the amulets blessed under his guidance.

LP Thongdee (Phra Phromwacharasutthachan), current abbot of Wat Awut Wikasitaram. Currently LP Thongdee raise funds for renovation Sala Pavilion Mae Boon Ruen Tongboonterm.