 The original status of this temple was "aranwasi" (อรัญวาสี; "department of outside the forest"), in pair with Wat Bowonniwet Vihara, which was a "khamwasi" (คามวาสี; "department in the community") in Bang Lamphu area in Rattanakosin Island.Due to the location of Wat Borom Niwat in those days, considered as a suburb Bangkok.Originally, it has only a main hall, pagoda and 14 monk's dwellings.