Front Palace
Bodindecha was born on 13 January 1776 in modern Phra Nakhon District during the Thonburi Kingdom period, with personal name Sing (lit. "Lion"), as the fourth child to "Chao Phraya" Abhayraja Pin. His mother was Lady Fug. His father, "Chao Phraya" Abhayraja Pin, had served as "Samuha Kalahom" () the Prime Minister of Southern Siam. Abhayraja had his son Sing become a royal page of Prince Isarasundhorn. The prince was later crowned as King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai and Sing was transferred to the service under Prince Maha Senanurak the Front Palace. He joined his lord in the campaign against Burmese Invasion of Phuket in 1809 and rose through ranks in Front Palace Police Bureau. He was later made "Phraya" Ksetraraksa the Head of Agriculture Department of the Front Palace.