Thailand’s Fine Arts Department plans to survey Phra Prang Wat Arun, one of Bangkok’s most famous landmarks on the Chao Phraya River, every three months after it was discovered through scanning that the principal prang, a tall tower-like spire, has started to lean.

 

The assistant abbot and secretary of the temple, also known as the Temple of Dawn, said yesterday (Monday) that the slight reclining of the principal prang has caused four secondary prangs, located at its four corners, and four mondops, a square or cruciform building with a pointed roof, to lean slightly towards the main prang.

 

According to the Fine Arts Department, the movement of the principal prang may be caused by previous subsidence.

 

The department has decided to survey all prangs in the temple every three months, to monitor any further movement and to plan any required renovation work.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/phra-prang-wat-arun-to-be-surveyed-every-3-months-as-prang-found-to-be-tilting-slightly/

 

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A troll post has been removed.  The OP is not about a boat ride or the steps. 

 

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Phra Prang Wat Arun to be surveyed every 3 months as prang found to be tilting slightly