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The Ordination Hall built during the time of King Rama II was in the late Ayutthaya style.
Later the structure became elongated, similar to the style of King Rama I, with redented pillars.
They bear enlongated lotus capitals lacquered and gilt. The bases of the pillar are raised on platforms.
The ordination hall was built of brick and mortar with roof of wooden beams and ceramic tiles.
The gable board is gilded and decorated with glass mosaic. The walls between the windows bear murals of the ten previous lives of the Buddha.
Above the windows on the life of the Buddha. In the south is Vessantara Jataka. The originals were destroyed by fire in the reign of Rama V.
He had them redone in relatively modern style.
The face of the presiding Buddha image, cast in the reign of Rama II, is said to have been moulded by His Majesty himself.
The ashes of King Rama II are buried in the bse of the image.
In front of the hall is a throne between the two doors. The throne is of very decoratively carved wood-work, gilded and decorated with glass mosaic.
Before the ordination hall at the entrance stand two demon guadians; the white one called Sahassa Decha and the green one Thosakan (or Ravana),
both of which are of stucco decorated with shards of coloured ceramics. They are similar to the demons in the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
Those of Wat Arun date from the time of King Rama III.
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