Wat Phra Thaen Dong Rang

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The Wat Phra Thaen Dong Rang Worawihan ( Thai วัด พระแท่น ดง รัง ) is a Buddhist temple complex ( wat ) in Amphoe Tha Maka , Kanchanaburi Province .

location

Wat Phra Thaen Dong Rang is located about 10 km northeast of Tha Ruea or 40 km east of the city of Kanchanaburi on road 3081.

In contrast to other places that are regarded as sacred, a large town has never formed here where people lived and traded.

Building history

Wat Phra Thaen Dong Rang was first mentioned under King Borommakot (r. 1733 to 1758). Under King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX.) The temple received royal status ( พระ อาราม หลวง , Phra-aram Luang , in German about "Royal Temple").

Attractions

The following attractions are located in the area of ​​Wat Phra Thaen Dong Rang.

  • A rock about seven meters long and about two meters wide that looks like a bed and is seen as the resting place of the Buddha . There is also a footprint of the Buddha. This is where the Buddha died and went into nirvana , which of course gives the place a special character. Many kings and other dignitaries made pilgrimages here, and the great Thai national poet Sunthorn Phu (1786 to 1855) also wrote here.
  • In ubosot there are murals and a beautiful Buddha image .

Today only a nirat of the contemporary writer Nai Mi (Phromsomphatson, approx. 1796 to 1856) is preserved, who poetically depicts the system of the time. He names the place Ban Pong, which is near the temple; today it belongs to the province of Ratchaburi as Amphoe Ban Pong .

literature

  • Krom Sinlapakon for Nai Somphot Boworasin (ed.): Nirat Phrathaen Dong Rang / khong Nai Mi Mun Phromsomphatson . Bangkok 1982.
  • Clarence Aasen: Architecture of Siam: A Cultural History and Interpretation . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1998, ISBN 983-56-0027-9 .
  • Barend Jan Terwiel : Through Travelers' Eyes: an approach to early nineteenth-century Thai history . Duang Kamol, Bangkok 1989, ISBN 974-210-455-7 .

Web links

  • Udo Radlhammer: chimburi.com Illustrated website for the temple; Retrieved December 2, 2010

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ catalogue.nla.gov.au, accessed December 2, 2010
  2. ↑ Terwiel (1989), p. 92

Coordinates: 14 ° 2 ′ 4.2 ″  N , 99 ° 47 ′ 23.1 ″  E