Wat Khun Inthapramun
Wat Khun Inthapramun (also Wat Khun In Pramun or Inthra Pramun; Thai : วัด ขุน อิน ท ประ มูน ) is a Buddhist temple complex ( Wat ) in the Ang Thong province in central Thailand .
location
Wat Khun Inthapramun is located in the middle of rice fields, about eleven kilometers northwest of the provincial capital Ang Thong in the southern part of the Pho Thong district .
Building history
This old temple complex dates back to the Sukhothai period. The temple must originally have been very large, considering the remains of the brick walls around the area.
The Buddha lying surrounding viharn 1569 destroyed by the Burmese, which retained only the Buddha himself. The temple was then abandoned for about a hundred years before King Borommakot ordered its rebuilding.
According to reports, King Mongkut ( Rama IV , ruled 1804–1868) visited this temple twice.
Attractions
- The main attraction of the temple is the huge reclining Buddha statue . It is kept entirely in white and is therefore called Luang Phor Khao . Foundations and remains of pillars of the viharn can still be seen today. This statue is said to be the largest in Thailand with its 50 m length, but in the province of Sing Buri there is the statue of Phra Norn Chaksi, which also claims this title. Since both statues are very similar, it is believed that they were created at the same time. Many kings have made pilgrimages here in the past to pay homage to the statue, such as King Borommakot in 1753 or King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1878 and 1908. The current King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) donated in 1973 and 1975 monk robes during a Kathin ceremony.
- Diagonally across from the reclining Buddha is the statue of the temple's namesake, Khun Inthapramun , in a small pavilion . This nobleman was employed as the king's tax officer. He embezzled tax money in order to renovate the statue of the reclining Buddha and enlarge it from its original length of 40 meters. When the king asked where the money for the renovation came from, Khun Inthapramun was silent because he was afraid that the merits of this building would pass from him to the king. Eventually he was sentenced to death and executed.
- Furthermore, on a 1.5 meter high brick platform in the temple there is the badly crumbled ruin of a viharn, from whose walls trees grow. Behind it are the ruins of a chedi from the Ayutthaya period. A three-meter-high model of the Phra Pathom Chedi was recently built on the same platform .
Others
In 1998, a skeletonized corpse was found on the temple grounds, lying face down on the ground with hands and feet handcuffed. Some believe that these are the remains of Khun Inthra Pramun.
literature
- เยือน แดน พุทธ ศิลป์ เที่ยว ถิ่น พุทธ ไสยาสน์ (for example: admire Buddhist art - visit reclining Buddha statues ). Tourism Authority of Thailand, Bangkok 2005 [2548], ISBN 974-679-135-4 .
Web links
- http://www.thaibuddhist.com/wat_khun_pramun.htm Page with photos of the temple
Coordinates: 14 ° 38 '33.7 " N , 100 ° 25' 39.9" E