Wat Chedi, Ai Kai Wat Chedi, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand

Wat Chedi, Ai Kai Wat Chedi                           

Sichon, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand                                              

Ai Khai Wat Chedi or Ta Khai Wat Chedi is a wood carving in the shape of a child, around the age 

9-10 years old, wearing camouflage clothes and black glasses with the age. . About a thousand years old.

Place to set firecrackers

At the location of the present Wat Chedi, Luang Phu Thuad Wat Chang Hai, the famous teacher in the southern area had traveled back from Krung Si Ayutthaya and stayed overnight in this area. Ai Khai was about 9-10 years old. He was the disciple that pursued Luang Phu Thuad. When Luang Phu Thuad arrived at this place, he had found many treasures. The religious place was an important place. He had asked Ai Khai to dwell here to watch over these treasures and the place. The name of the village was later changed to “Moo Ban Pho Sadet” until the present. 

According to the tale, it had emphasized that the word “Satcha” was very important that was.

Sothorn Woraram Woraviharn Temple, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand

 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                                     

Sothorn Woraram Woraviharn Temple

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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Wat Srisuphan (Silver Temple), Chiang Mai

Wat Srisuphan, Chiang Mai,Thailand                                      

Wat Srisuphan is loated on Waulai Road, Hai ya Sub-District, Muang District, Chiang Mai also known as the Silver Temple             

Wat Sri Suphan, It was built in the reign of King Mueang Kaeo of Mangrai dynasty in 1500 (2043 B.E.) by consecration of Phrachao Ched Tue or Phra Phutthapatihan Buddha image. The later construction of the ordination hall and Phra Wihan Borommathai Chedi took place in 1509, when the ceremonial site of the hall was established together with the reestablishment of the Buddha image. 

However, the old structure is now replaced by the silver ordination hall due to dilapidation.The architecture is built in Lanna style of masonry and the aluminium-and-silver decoration over delicate carving. This three-dimension art portrays stories of Buddhism, dharma puzzles, and the history of the temple with purposes not only to preserve the religion, conserve the local wisdom of silverware, but also to boast the pride of Lanna kingdom for generations to come.

credit :  https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/wat-si-suphan

Bang Pa-In, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand

 Bang Pa-In, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand                                                                   

The Roayl Summer Palace at Pang Pa-In, about 60 kms. from Bangkok.    

Phra Thinang Warophat Phiman/ Poyal Floating-House

Phra Thinang Aisawan Thiphya Art

Doll's Bridge 

Ho Witthun Thasana

Phra Thinang Wehart Chamrun

Memorial to Queen Sunandakhumarirattana

Memorial to Princessaovabhark Narirattana and three Roayl

H.M. Queen Sunanda Kumariratana , daughter of H.M.Mongkut and Somdetch Phra Piyamavadee Sriphatcharin, was born on November 10th 1860.

H.M. Queen Sunanda Kumariratana was a first queen of H.M.King Chulalongkorn.

Their Majesties had one daughter. Her name is H.R.H. Princess Karnaborn Bejratanan.

H.M.Queen Sunanda Kumariratana passed away togerther with her daughter on May 31, 1880 because of the boat sin king accident at Bang Phood Sub-district. Pak Kred District, Nontahburi Privince.

H.M. King Chulalongkorn was deeply grieved heart for the death of H.M Queen Sunanda Kumariratana and H.R.H.Princess Karnaborn Bejaratana. A yer later, the King commissioned the Royal Cremation ceremony on March 16th, 1881.  H.M.King Chulalongkorn graciously ordered the construction of a marble triangular monument.  At two sides of the monument was inscribed epitaph in Thai and English

and located at Bang Pa-In Palance.

credit :  sign board Bang Pa-In Palance

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