One of the golden chedi, showing the supporting giants around the base. The two chedi were built by Rama I to commemorate his parents, the southern chedi for his father Thongdi and the northern for this mother Daoreung. The two chedi are almost identical. They each have a marble octagonal base 8.5 metres 28 ft wide and topped with a golden, square-based stupa with triple indented corners 16 metres 52 ft in height. The top spire is decorated in nine levels of layered lotus bud motifs. Around the base of the chedi, Rama V had figures of monkeys and yaksha `giants` supporting the chedi. Each has four monkeys and sixteen giants around the sides. The colour and clothing of these figures identify them with a particular character in the Ramakien epic
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