Sothorn Woraram Woraviharn Temple, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand
located on Tanon Maruphong, Tambon Na Mueang, Amphoe Mueang, Chachoengsao province, Thailand.
open : 7.00 am - 5.00 pm
Pat Buddha Sothorn (principle Buddha image) has as sacred and well know history which is Pra Buddha Sothorn came with the currents of the Bangpakong river and emerged from the water in the area in front of Chachoengsao city. The peopel of the city held a ceremony to invite the image on land and enshrined it in the chaple of Wat Sothorn temple and named it "Luang Por Sothorn Temple and named it "Luang Pro Sothorn".
Pra Buddha Sothorn is a beautifully crafted bronze statue in the meditation pose with a lap-widthe of a quarter meter. It is surmised that around 1770 at the beginning of the Thonburi era the monks were afraid that it might be stolen and therefore, asked the Lanna (northern) people to cover t with plaster as it appearas now. It is a Buddha image in the meditation pose covered with gold leaf with the body of a deity, the face of the Lanna art style, hair in knots, a bracelet on the right wrist is 1.6 meters and the height is 1.93 meters. It is enthroned on a 4 tier throne covered by embroidered clothe, meaning the hightest echelon abve the 4 eminent levels of holiness in Buddhism which are Pra Sodaban, Pra Sakathakamee, Pra Anakamee and Pra Orahan, and, Placed on a Coohchee base surrounded by 12 other Buddha images in various poses.
credit : sign board Sothorn Woraram Woraviharn Temple
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