Wat Nang Chi Chotikaram, a temple of the reclining Buddha in Bangkok, is believed to have been built during the middle Ayutthaya period. According to legend, Chao Phraya Phichitchaimontri had a daughter named Im who was ill for unknown reasons and could not be cured. A nun dressed in white appeared to him in a dream and made him swear to heal his daughter by having her consecrated as a nun. When Im recovered, Chao Phraya Phichitchaimontri had his daughter consecrated as a nun and built this temple. Later, in the late Ayutthaya period during the reign of King Borommakot, the temple was abandoned.

The name Wat Nang Chi originates from a story that tells of a conflict within the royal family at the end of King Rama I's reign. Somdech Phra Rupsi Sophak Mahanaknarin, the mother of Queen Amarindra during King Rama I's reign, became a nun and renovated the temple – hence the name Wat Nang Chi.