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Phra Maha Chedi Si Rajakarn, a group of four huge pagodas surrounded by white wall with Thai-Chinese style
sheltered gates decorated with colour-glazed tiles and Chinese rockeries guardians. Each pagoda is 42 metres high, twelve
or added notched-rim structures ending in a tall spire and elaborated with colourful mosaics. The one with green tile mosaic
named Phra Maha Chedi Si Sanpetdayarn, constructed during the reign of King Rama I
to cover the ruined image of Buddha 'Phra Si Sanpetch' where relics of Lord Buddha are kept, represents the reign of King Rama I.
The ruined standing Buddha is 16 metres high and was brought from the Royal Palace in Ayutthaya.
Phra Maha Chedi Dilok Dhammakaroknitarn, the one with while tile mosaic representing the reign of King Rama II,
was built by his son, King Rama III. He also built the yellow tile mosaic pagoda,
Phra Maha Chedi Muni Batborikharn, for his own reign and for the praise of Buddha. The last one, in a dark blue tile mosaic, represents the reign of
King Rama IV or King Mongkut. It was built in the same style as Phra Maha Chedi Song Phra Srisuriyo thai of the
Ayutthaya period with the purpose of a praise of the Lord Buddha.
King Mongkut also ordered all four pagodas to be enclosed and surrounded with the boundary so as to leave no space for more pagodas, as these four kings of
Chakri Dynasty were alive and met each other in the same period of time, and no more pagoda was required.
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