Wat Chetawan, Thai Buddhist temple in Petaling District, Malaysia

Wat Chetawan is a Thai Buddhist temple on Jalan Pantai in Petaling Jaya. Its main shrine has a cream lower facade, a multi-tiered roof with gold trim, and a blue-and-gold gable panel around a gold medallion. A row of small gilded figures sits in niches below the roofline, and the entrance is framed in gold between two tall columns.

Phra Kru Palat Vieng proposed a large Buddhist temple near Kuala Lumpur in 1956; Selangor allocated two acres the next year, and further land came from donations in Malaya and Thailand. Thailand's Fine Arts Department drew the plans, and local builders worked with Thai craftsmen. The main shrine was completed on 26 June 1962, when King Bhumibol Adulyadej raised the chofa roof element during his state visit, with Queen Sirikit beside him.

The temple is the centre of the Malaysian Siamese community and also draws non-Thai devotees. Its prayer halls hold images of the four-faced Phra Phrom and Guan Yin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, and one hall honours abbots with Malay titles, reflecting their northern Malay Peninsula and southern Thai origin.

Wat Chetawan stands on Jalan Pantai, off Jalan Gasing in Petaling Jaya, with the main shrine up a short flight of grey steps between two gold-detailed columns. Footwear comes off before entering the prayer halls, and shoulders and knees are covered; the German text's "comfortable clothing" is wrong on this point. The stupa added in 2009 and completed in 2012 stands on the grounds, and the temple accepts donations from visitors toward its upkeep.

The temple keeps a portion of the Piprahwa relics, presented on 27 June 2012 by Somdej Phrabuddhacharn to mark the 2,600th anniversary of the Buddha's Enlightenment and the birthdays of King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit. The 2012 stupa that houses them cost RM1.9 million.