Ho Thewalai Mahakaset

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Mondop des Ho Thewalai Mahakaset
(status: January 2014)

Ho Thewalai Mahakaset (also: Ho Thewalai Mahakaset Phiman , Thai หอ เทวาลัย มหา เกษตร พิมาน , German: "Palace of the Gods of the Field") is the name of the ruins of a former Buddhist temple complex ( Wat ) (possibly of Hindu origin) in the west of the historic old town of Sukhothai in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sukhothai Historical Park in Thailand .

location

Ho Thewalai Mahakaset is located in the west of the old town of Sukhothai, a good one kilometer outside the western city gate ("Pratu Or", "Or Gate") and a good one and a half kilometers east of the southern beginning of the chain of hills with the so-called monasteries of the forest monks . The closest neighboring temples are Wat Tuek (just under 150 meters east), Wat Pa Mamuang (just under 150 meters north-northeast) and Wat Pasak (just under 200 meters north-west).

Source and dating

In the so-called Inscription No. 4 , which is assigned to Li Thai , the then king of Sukhothai , is mentioned in the spelling of Ho Thewalai Mahakaset as Devalaya Maha Ksetra . In connection with this, it is reported that in the middle of the 14th century the king had images of the Hindu deities Shiva and Vishnu put up to give the Brahmins in his kingdom the opportunity to worship them.

description

Bot des Ho Thewalai Mahakaset
(status: January 2014)
Southern moat of the temple complex

The most noticeable component of the temple complex is Mondop , which is a little out of the way to the east . This is a brick construction on a laterite base . The platform is accessible via a laterite staircase in the east. It is studded with eight square, plastered brick pillars that still tower up to their original height today. Of a brick balustrade that used to surround the entire platform , only a section on the eastern side is preserved.

The inconspicuous main area of ​​the temple is to the west of the complex. It consists of an assembly hall ( Wihan ) and an ordination hall ( Ubosot ) and is surrounded by a rectangular moat measuring around 70 mx 90 m, which is only interrupted on the east side for access. Wihan and Bot are built in brick, the bot is provided with the stumps of laterite columns in double rows, so that the sight of porticos presented itself . The bases of the former boundary stones ( Bai Sema ) of the ordination hall are still largely preserved.

literature

Web links

Commons : Ho Thewalai Mahakaset  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Brown Griswold and Prasert na Nagara: The Epigraphy of Mahadharmaraja I of Sukhodaya . (= Epigraphic and Historical Studies No. 11, Part I), Journal of the Siam Society 61.1, 1973, pp. 71-178.
  2. ↑ Mondop: 17 ° 0 ′ 55.7 ″  N , 99 ° 41 ′ 9.8 ″  E
  3. ↑ Wihan: 17 ° 0 '54.4 "  N , 99 ° 41' 5.6"  E
  4. ↑ Ubosot: 17 ° 0 '54.5 "  N , 99 ° 41' 6.4"  E
  5. ↑ Access: 17 ° 0 ′ 54.6 ″  N , 99 ° 41 ′ 7.6 ″  E
  6. ^ Dawn F. Rooney Ancient Sukhothai. Thailand's Cultural Heritage . River Books, Bangkok 2008, ISBN 978-974-9863-42-8 , p. 147.

Coordinates: 17 ° 0 ′ 55.7 "  N , 99 ° 41 ′ 9.8"  E