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===Other structures=== [[File:เจดีย์รายวัดพระเชตุพน2.jpg|left|thumb|Phra Chedi Rai which contains the ashes of members of the royal family]] *'''Phra Chedi Rai''' - Outside the Phra Rabiang cloisters are dotted many smaller ''chedis'', called ''Phra Chedi Rai''. Seventy-one of these small ''chedis'' were built by Rama III, each five metres in height. There are also four groups of five chedis that shared a single base built by Rama I, one on each corner outside the cloister.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.encyclopediathai.org/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap7.htm |title=Single-Based Chedi, Wat Phra Chetuphon or Wat Pho |encyclopedia = Encyclopediathai.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703055430/http://www.encyclopediathai.org/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap7.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2015 }}</ref> The 71 ''chedis'' of smaller size contain the ashes of the royal family, and 20 slightly larger ones clustered in groups of five contain the relics of Buddha.{{sfn|Brockman|2011||pages=302–304}} [[File:ศาลาการเปรียญวัดพระเชตุพน.jpg|thumb|Sala Karn Parien]] *'''Sala Karn Parien''' - Sala Karn Parien is the preaching hall, a simple pavilion used for religious instruction for monks and laymen, and also serves as a meditation hall.{{sfn|Matics|1979|pp=4, 6}} This hall is next to the Phra Mondop at the southwest corner of the compound, and is thought to date from the Ayutthaya period.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopediathai.org/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap16.htm |title=Sala Karn Parien |work=Encycopediathai.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704075505/http://www.encyclopediathai.org/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap16.htm |archive-date=July 4, 2015 }}</ref> The building contains the original Buddha image from the ''bot'', which was moved here to make way for the Buddha image currently in the ''bot''. The Buddha image, called Phra Phuttha Satsada, is in the late Ayutthaya style.{{sfn|Matics|1979|pp=4–6}} Next to it is a garden called The Crocodile Pond. *'''Sala Rai''' - There are 16 satellite pavilions, most of them placed around the edge of the compound, and murals depicting the life of Buddha may be found in some of these. Two of these are the medical pavilions between Phra Maha Chedi Si Ratchakarn and the main chapel. The north medicine pavilion contains Thai traditional massage inscriptions with 32 drawings of massage positions on the walls while the one to the south has a collection of inscriptions on guardian angel that protects the newborn.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.encyclopediathai.org/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap10.htm |title=Sala Rai |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Thai |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703042333/http://www.encyclopediathai.org/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap10.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2015 }}</ref> *'''Phra Viharn Kod''' - This is the gallery which consists of four viharas, one on each corner outside the Phra Rabiang.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.encyclopediathai.org/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap6.htm |title=Phra Viharn Kod or The Gallery |encyclopedia=Encyclopediathai.org |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150704081731/http://www.encyclopediathai.org/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap6.htm |archive-date= July 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.encyclopediathai.org/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap10.htm |title=Sala Rai |encyclopedia=Encyclopediathai.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703042333/http://www.encyclopediathai.org/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap10.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2015 }}</ref> *'''Tamnak Wasukri''' - Also called the poet's house, this is the former residence of Prince Patriarch [[Paramanuchitchinorot]], a scholar, historian and poet. The house was a gift from his nephew Rama III.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://u-toseen.com/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap23.htm |title=Wasukri Residence, Wat Phra Chetuphon |access-date=2016-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330041827/http://u-toseen.com/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap23.htm |archive-date=2016-03-30 }}</ref> This building is in the living quarters of the monks in the southern compound and is open once a year on his birthday.
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