<P> In 1779 , the Thai General Chao Phraya Chakri put down an insurrection , captured Vientiane and took the Emerald Buddha to Siam . It was installed in a shrine close to Wat Arun in Thonburi , its new capital . Chao Phra Chakri then took over the reins and founded the Chakri Dynasty of Rattanakosin Kingdom . He adopted the title Rama I and shifted his capital across the Menam Chao Phra river to its present location in Bangkok , and constructed the new Grand Palace including Wat Phra Kaew within its compound . Wat Phra Kaew was consecrated in 1784 , and the Emerald Buddha was moved with great pomp and pageantry to its current home in the Ubosoth of the Wat Phra Kaew temple complex on 22 March 1784 . </P>
<P> In 1779 , the Thai General Chao Phraya Chakri put down an insurrection , captured Vientiane and took the Emerald Buddha to Siam . It was installed in a shrine close to Wat Arun in Thonburi , its new capital . Chao Phra Chakri then took over the reins and founded the Chakri Dynasty of Rattanakosin Kingdom . He adopted the title Rama I and shifted his capital across the Menam Chao Phra river to its present location in Bangkok , and constructed the new Grand Palace including Wat Phra Kaew within its compound . Wat Phra Kaew was consecrated in 1784 , and the Emerald Buddha was moved with great pomp and pageantry to its current home in the Ubosoth of the Wat Phra Kaew temple complex on 22 March 1784 . </P>
where is the emerald buddha located and when was it moved to this location
where is the emerald buddha located and when was it moved to this location
in the Ubosoth of the Wat Phra Kaew temple complex 22 March 1784
in the Ubosoth of the Wat Phra Kaew temple complex 22 March 1784