Wat Maha That, Ayutthaya province, Thailand

Wat Maha That, Ayutthaya, Thailand                                                                                                        

Wat Maha That is the royal temple that houses Buddha's relics.  The temple is located on the city island in the central part of Ayutthay.  It is situated in the east of The Royal Palace in Pratu Chai sub-district.  Phra Na Korn Sri Ayutthaya district, Phra Na Korn Sri Ayutthay Province.  

It is stated in the Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya that the construction of Wat Maha That's Main Pagoda (Prang) was started by King Borommaracha I in 1374 and completed in King Ramesuan's reign.  The Pagoda collapsed during King Songtham's reign and was renovated in 1633. after King Prasat Thong ascended to the throne.

At the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767, the monastery was set on fire in the Burmese attack, The abandoned Pagoda fell in decay during the reign of King Rama VI.  Only the symmetrical base with staircases remains.

Wat Mahathat :  Reconstructed

Wat Mahathat was built in early Ayutthaya kingdom (early 20th century BE).  Due to its supremely important position, the temple was the object of constant attention, receiving occasional additions and restorations at the time.  for example, porticos were added to the main prang (Khmere - stylized stupa), in four cardinal directions around the closing years of Ayutthaya kingdom, supplemented by smaller, straggly stupas of varied size, interspersed among the bigger stupas.

The head of the sandstone buddha image

All that remains of this sandstone buddha image is part of its head, while the body has disappeared.  The head is in the style of the Ayutthaya period.  It lies beneath a bodhi tree beside the minor wihans.

Buddha's Head in Tree Roots

The head was once part of a sandstone Buddha image which fell off the main body onto the ground.  It was gradully trapped into the roots of a constandtly growing Bodhi tree.  The stone head has rather flat and wide facial structure with thick eyebrows and big eye lids, straight wide lip, and discernible lip edge, reflecting the art of Middle Ayutthaya Period, presumably around the mid of 1600s.

credit :  sign board Wat Maha That

Wat Pho - Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimol Mangklararm Rajwara Mahawiharn

 Wat Pho - Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimol Mangklararm Rajwara Mahawiharn         

open 8.00 AM - 5.00 PM everyday                                 

address :  2 Sanamchai Road, Grand Palace Subdistrict, Pranakhon District,

Bangkok 10200        

 

Reclining Buddha Image

 

The Chant for Reclining Buddha Image

Na-mo-tus-sa-pa-ka-wa-to

Ah-ra-ha-to                   

Sum-ma sum-pood-ta sa (Repeat 3 times)

Yat-sa-noos-sa-ra-ne-na-pi  Aun-ta-lick  Khe-pi   Pa-ni-no   Pa-ti-thi-tha-ma-thi

Kat-cha-ti   Poom-mee-young    Vi-ya   Sub-pa-ta    Sub-pu-pat-ta-wa   Cha-lum-ha

Yak-kha-jo-ra-ti   Sam-pa-wa   Ka-na-naa-na-ja

The first classed Rayal Monastery of Ratchaworamahawiharn, was originally an old temple from

Ayutthaya period named Wat Photharam.  But people always call it Wat Pho, King Rama I had the 

entire temple restored in 1788 and ordered to bring all the buddha images from desterted temples 

in the countryside to enshrine in Ubosot (teh ordination hall).

after the temple celebration wal held in 1801.  It was renamed to Wat Phrachetuphon Wimonmangkhalawat.  in the reign of King Rama III..  The monastery received another Grand Renovation.  The King also ordered to gather scattering as Thailand's and texts to be inscribed on Marble Slabs aroung the Temple, which people could read and learn from.

As a recsult, It was regarded as Thailand's first University.

In King Rama IV's reign, the temple was partly restored and renamed to Wat Phrachetuphon Wimonmangkhalaram Ratchaworamahawiharn. in the Temple, which is considered to be 

King Rama I's favourite temple there are plenty of religious buildings and objects worth to observe

and to study form, such as the reclining Buddha, Phra Mana Chedi of the 4 reigns, statues of hermit 

demonstrating the various positions of massge, and several Chinese stone dolls.

Nuad Thai, traditional Thai massage

Inscribed in 2019 (14.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

UNESCO

Wat Khae, Suphan Buri Province, Thailand

 Wat Khae, Suphan Buri Province, Thailand                                           

Wat Khae  วัดแค

Located 2 kilometers north of Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat in Amphoe Mueang Suphan Buri , Wat Khae is an ancient temple mentioned in "Khun Chang Khun Phaen", an epic Thai poem, in which stands a 1,000-year-old huge tamarind tree with an approximately 9.5 meters in circumference. The legend has it that Khun Phaen, having learned black magic from Master Khong, transformed tamarind leaves, exactly from this tree, into wasps and hornets and used it to fight the enemy. 

Not far from the tamarind tree is a traditional Thai house called "Khum Khun Phaen" which was built as a part of the literature park and a part of literary and historical art conservation.King Rama V visited this temple in 1904. The temple houses many interesting antiques such as 4 brass Buddha footprints, one on another, possessing 1.4 meters in width and 2.8 meters in length. 

Besides that, there are also Rattanakosin period's Buddha images with beautiful floral print at the end of the 'civara' (monk robes) and 'angsa' (shoulder cloth) in the attitude of subduing Mara and of sitting cross-leg with one top of another, residing in front of the principle Buddha image in the vihara. Other antiques include a brass bell, a brass boiler and a bookcase which was donated by King Rama V in 1869. Wat Khae is situated at Mu 1, Somphan Khong Road, Tambon Rua Yai, Amphoe Mueng, Suphan Buri province 72000. Tourists can reach there via personal conveyance. Once you arrive at Somphan Khong Road, go further for 1.2 kilometers. The temple is on your right. Wat Khae is free entry and opens everyday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

credit :  https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/wat-khae

Wat Phra That Doi Tung, Chiang Rai province, Thailand

Wat Phra That Doi Tung, Amphoe Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, Thailand          
   

Wat Phra That Doi Tung is a Chedi housing relies of the Loard Buddha.  This is a bone that links the front shoulder to the lower throat portion under the Adam's apple know in Thai as "hai plara'.
There is a legend that over 1000 years ago, around B.E. 1454, Venerable Phra Maha Kassapa Thera and King Achutarat, a ruler of Yonok Nakkaphan, and their officers had propitiated the relics which were brought from India to be enshrined on this hill.  

Many 'Tung' or religious flying flags, some as long as 1000 wa were flown on the hill top.  The rims of the flags were waving in the rea demarcating the holy area on this hill (Doi).  From then on, the hill has been call 'Doi Tung' to date, Phra That Doi Tung is the first chedi of Lanna.  Tung is a dignified and auspicious identity of Lanna.  Later in B.E. 2470,

Kruba srivijaya had the stupa renovated with the Lanna are style.  The new structure was then built to cover the original one inside.

credit :  signed board Wat Phra That Doi Tung

The Mae Fah Luang Graden, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand

The Mae Fah Luang Graden, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand                                            

The Mae Fah Luang Graden is a beautifully landscaped garden and tourist attract which is part

of the Doi Tung Development Project.  It is located on 10 acres of land that was originally the 

Akha village of Pa Kluay, part of an important route for opium caravans and those involved in 

heroin-related trafficking and weapons in the past.

With the villagers resellted, a garden of temperate flowers was created in accordance with the

Princess Mother's wish to give Thai people who have never travelled overseas an opportunity

to enjoy a temperate flower garden.

The decorative flowers in Mae Fah Luang Garden are grown and nurtured by local villagers,

hundreds of whom have bbon trained and work there, earning a sustainable lovelihood.

In 1993, the Pacific Asia Tourism Assoication (PATA) named the Mae Fah Luang Graden

winner of PATA Award for tourist site development.

 

Address :  Mae Fah Luang Art and Cultural Park

313 Moo 7 Baan Pa Ngiew, Tambon Robwiang, Amphoe Muang, Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai 57000

Thailand

Tel :  0-53716605-7, 0-53601013

credit :  http://www.maefahluang.org/?p=3253

Hot Springs Raksawarin Public Park, Ranong Province

Hot Springs        
Raksawarin Public Park, Ranong Province, Thailand                     

Hot Springs 

Raksawarin Public Park

Father Pond

Ranong is the land of hot springs And is a destination that health lovers need Especially visiting this hot spring - Raksawarin Park You will experience the natural hot spring that has been certified by the Department of Science Service. Contains important minerals and no sulfur content And at a temperature of about 65 degrees Celsius, making the hot mineral water from here useful In the treatment of health Consisting of 3 main ponds

• Father Pond is a circular cement pond with a large diameter of 2.80 meters, 0.80 meters high from the soil surface. The characteristics of the hot water are clear. There are quite a few carbon dioxide bubbles. No sulfur odor No algae, hot water will flow out of the pond all the time. Causing some areas of the mouth and the outer wall of the pond to accumulate calcite

• Mother pond is a smaller cement pond than Father Pond. Has a diameter of 1.50 meters, high from the surface of 0.85 meters. The hot water in the pond is clear. There are bubbles of carbon dioxide rising up in rhythm. And has a greater amount than the father's pond There is no sulfur odor, no algae, and there is a little mineral coating on the inside of the pond wall.

 • Daughter ponds as well as cement wells With a diameter of 2.00 meters, 0.90 meters high from the surface of the soil. The hot water characteristics are clear. There are carbon dioxide bubbles rising up to the surface more than the first two wells. No sulfur odor, no algae. There is a little mineral coating on the inside of the pond wall as well as the mother pond.

In addition, near the hot spring, there is a park, "Raksawarin" means water used to treat diseases. Which is the name of HRH Princess Srinagarindra Have given When visiting Ranong in 1967, the interior is beautifully decorated. Including restaurant services, cafes, souvenir shops, chic corners for photo taking for tourists to enjoy

Location: Away from Ranong Municipality along Highway 4005, 2 kilometers from the City Hall to the east

Wat Pa Phu Kon, Udon Thani Province วัดป่าภูก้อน จังหวัดอุดรธานี

Wat Pa Phu Kon, Udon Thani Province, Thailand  วัดป่าภูก้อน จังหวัดอุดรธานี                                  

Wat Pa Phu Kon, Bannakum Village, Bankong Sub-district, Na Yung District, Udon Thani Province  

It was established in 1984 with an aim to protect local forest from eneroachment and deforestation.l

After going through various obstactes, the Royal Forestry Department allowed the monastery to occupy 3,000 rai of forest compound in 1988.  

Reclining Buddha Made with white marble from Carrara, Italy, has a length of 20 meters by 43 marble blocks weighing about 15-30 tonnes imported before carved Wat Phu cubes stacked on a base raised by 3. class a Reclining Buddha Buddha statue on a hilltop seat. This is a rock solid length of approximately 110 meters with a budget built Reclining Buddha some 50 million baht and build a temple housing the reclining Buddha made another wide, 39 meters long by 49 meters with pavilions 6 and a hotel basement around a courtyard him. Thailand is the architecture of the application period. Budget temple and buildings surrounding the courtyard were about 270 million baht.

Wat Phu cubes and the Commission has asked the king brought Please. Royal white marble reclining Buddha behalf of His Majesty. He graciously King called 

"Reclining Buddha Maha Muni Trailokkanat Prophet" was reclining Buddha of Phra Borom Maha Muni, who is a teacher, "

Rattana Chedi Phra Pathom great teachers

 credit :  www.watpaphukon.org

Wat Saphan Hin, Sukhothai วัดสะพานหิน สุโขทัย

Wat Saphan Hin, Sukhothai, Thailand                                 
วัดสะพานหิน จังหวัดสุโขทัย            
  

     Situated on a mound 200 meters high, an ascent of 300 meters from the foot of the mound to the temple was paved with stone and this is how the temple got its name.  Along the paved way there is a small lotus bud chedi.  This temple is well know for a large standing incripstion N. 1, "...In the heart of the forest Arangik, there is a beautiful large vihara, a Buddha image called Phra Attharot in standing porture...  "Wat Saphan Hin is thought to be the temple to which King Ramkhamkaeng the great rode on a white eephant named Ruchakhari to worship a Buddha sabbath.

     วัดสะพานหิน  ตั้งอยู่บนเนินเขาที่มีความสูงประมาณ 200 เมตร ชื่อวัดเรียกตามลักษณะทางที่ปูลาดด้วยหินจากต้นเขาขึ้นไปเป็นระยะทางประมาณ 300 เมตร

       โบราณสถานที่สำคัญบนยอดเขาคือ พระพุทธรูปประทับยืน ปางประทานอภัย ขนาดใหญ่ ประดิษฐาน ภายในวิหาร ซึ่งน่าจะตรงกับที่ศิลาจารึก หลักที่ 1 ของพ่อขุนรามคำแหง ที่กล่าวถึงเบื้องตะวันตกของเมืองสุโขทัยว่า "ในกลางอรัญญิก มีพิบกรอันณึ่งมนใหญ่สูงงามแก่กม มีพระอัฏฐารศอันณึงลุกยืน..."  และน่าจะเป็นวัดที่พ่อขุนรามคำแหงทรงช้างเผือกชื่อ ภูจาครี เพื่อไปนบพระณวัดนี้ทุกวันพระ ข้างขึ้น และแรม 15 ค่ำ

SUKHOTHAI Province, The Center of old Thai Kingdom of Sukihothai

SUKHOTHAI, Thailand   

สุโขทัย                          

The province covers 6,596 sq. km. and is above all noted as the centre of the old Thai Kingdom of Sukhothai, with major historical remains at Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai.    

Phra Achana is assumed that was built 700 years ago.

Wat Si Chum

Wat Si Chum, Phra Achana, a large scated stucco Buddha imag
e in the attitude of Subduing Mara. It is enshrined in the Mandapa of Wat Si chum. Achana means one who is not frightened.

Sukhothai is located on the lower edge of the northern region, with the provincial capital situated some 450 km. north of Bangkok and some 350 km. south of Chiang Mai. The province covers 6,596 sq. km. and is above all noted as the centre of the old Thai kingdom of Sukhothai, with major historical remains at Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai.

Its main natural attraction is Khao Luang mountain park. The provincial capital, sometimescalled New Sukhothai, is a small town lying on the Yom River whose main business is serving tourists who visit the nearby Sukhothai Historical Park.

Sukhothai Historical Park

The Park is located 12 km. from Sukhothai town on the Tak Highway; open daily 8.30 a.m.-4.30 p.m.; admission 40 baht. Service Centre (Tel: 0 5569 7310) provides information and displays models of historical buildings and structures of the old Sukhothai. Lying over an extensive area, ruins of the royal palaces, Buddhist temples, city gates, walls, moats, dams, ditches, ponds, canals and the water dyke control system are preserved,with major restoration by the Fine Arts Department in cooperationwith UNESCO.

credit :  brochure of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)

Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of The Emerald Buddha)

Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of The Emerald Buddha)                        

The Grand Palance "Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang"

Grand Palace is a complex of buildings at the heart of Bangkok, Thailand

Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram "Wat Phra Kaew"

Inside the Grand Place lies Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadarm (Wat Phra Kaew)

It is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist Temple in Thailand, Known for the Emerald Buddha
(Phra Kaeo Morakot) in the temple that was brought in from Vientiane city.  It was initially enshrined
during the reign of King Rama I and is still in its present location today in the current reign of
King Rama IX.

The walls of the temple have beautiful murals depicting the life of Buddha.

Location :  within the Grand Palace compound on Naphralan Road near Sanam Luang
Opening hours :  8.30 a.m. to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.30 p.m.

Credit :  wikipedia.org