Ban Khamin


Ban Khamin is a road junction and historic neighborhood in the Siri Rat Subdistrict, Bangkok Noi District in Thon Buri side, Bangkok. It's the three-way of Arun Ammarin Road and Soi Itsaraphap 44.

History & characteristics

The name "Ban Khamin" after this area in the Thon Buri period before the rise of Rattanakosin Kingdom. It's a community of professionals who make turmeric powder. It's an important ingredient in traditional Thai medicine. Currently, the turmeric powder industry has been lost. There's only one shop in the Phran Nok Intersection which nearby, but named "Ban Khamin" is still in use today. Apart from the junction, there're also Khlong Ban Khamin, a small waterway with a length of only 1.5 km near Siriraj Hospital and San Chaopho Ban Khamin Pung Thao Kong, a small Teochew joss house built on the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing dynasty, located near the junction.
In the past, after World War II ended shortly, there was a cinema named Ban Khamin Theater located in the local market area. Even if it's only a second class cinema. But it's very popular with locals, because at that time Thonburi side is still rural. It came to an end when it was totally burned down on the late in the morning of Sunday August 16th, 1970. The entire wooden building burned down. One of the dead was a 4-year-old boy who fled to hide in a jar. At present, the location of the cinema and market becomes a vet clinic and parking lot.
From Ban Khamin in Soi Itsaraphap 44, there's also a roadway toward Ban Chang Lo in the area of Ban Chang Lo Subdistrict. It's one of the oldest communities in Thonburi, people in the community have a career casting the Buddha statue. And another roadway to the Soi Matum or Trok Matum in the Soi Arun Ammarin 23. People in this area have a business produced and selling sweet bael preserves. Originally named here "Ban Plueak Som O" was later changed "Soi Suan Anan" and Soi Matum as the current.

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