An elevated platform in the center of Phra Kaeo supports several important buildings. Looking northwest from the south side of the platform, the structures are: Phra Sri Ratana (the large gilt chedi, photo center background); Phra Mondhop (the circular building, a repository for Buddhist scriptures, photo center right); and Prasat Phra Thep Bidorn (the Royal Pantheon, photo right foreground). In the left foreground is a small pavilion associated with the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.