[Photo from bangkoktourist.com]

The temple is commonly called Wat Khaek Silom. It is a temple of goddess Uma, built around 1879 by group of Indian lived in Bangkok on the purchased land on Silom road. At first, it was built a small sala (pavilion) and named Sala Sri Mari Amman.

It was in custody of Tamil Indian who brought Indian civilization to other areas of Asia. In later year, Indian settlers in Silom and other areas of Bangkok gave their contributions to build the temple. Sculpture of goddess Uma was installed inside the temple as the principal image and later images of other Hindu gods and goddesses were brought from India to be in the temple area.