Sri Maha Mariamman Temple is a Tamil Hindu temple at 2 Si Lom Road in the Bang Rak district of Bangkok, Thailand, at the corner of Silom and Pan roads. Vaithi Padayatchi, a Tamil Hindu immigrant, built it in 1879. It is the oldest and most important Tamil Hindu temple in Thailand and is also known as Wat Phra Si Maha Umathewi.
The style is South Indian (Dravidian). The entrance gopuram is about 20 feet (6 m) tall and covered in carved deity images, and the dome of the main shrine is covered with gilded copper plate. There are three main shrines, to Ganesh, Kartik and Sri Maha Mariamman, and worship follows that order.
The main hall holds bronze statues including Ganesh, Shiva, Krishna, Vishnu, Lakshmi, Kali, Saraswati, Nataraja and Hanuman. The ten-day Navaratri festival is held in September or October, and part of Silom Road is closed to traffic for its final procession.
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