The Tiger King's Palance, Pherchaburi

The Tiger King's Palance, Pherchaburi

The teaching hall at Wat Yai Suwannaram, or normally Known as the Tiger King's Palace, was once situated on the grounds of Ayautthaya Grand Palace. In the reign of Tiger King, this palace was dismantled and reconstructed at Wat Yai Suwannaram. The new palace was dedicated to somdej Phra Suwanna Muni (or Somdej Chao Tangmo), the supreme patriarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom who came from Phetchaburi.

Reference
- The Ancient Siam

The Stupa of Phra Maha That, Chaiya, Surat Thani

The Stupa of Phra Maha That, Chaiya, Surat Thani

The Phra Maha That is one of the most sacred and important monasteries in the south of Thailand. The structure of the stupa of Phra Maha That is similar to the Chandi Pawana Chedi in Indonesia.

The main Tower standing in the center is a round chedi serving as the upper story of a relic chamber or an image house. Kirti Mukha mask motifs can be seen above the chamber similar to those found in Java.

Reference
- The Ancient Siam

The Pallava Group of Images, Phaugnga

The Pallava Group of Images, Phaugnga

The images of the three Hindu deities, God Vishnu, Shiva and Lakshmi were carved out of stone by Pallava sculptors living in southern India around the 13 to 14 centuries B.E. Nobody knows where the images come from. However, from the jewellery and hairstyles, we can presume that the statues are of Indian origin.

The Three images are now kept at the Nakhon Sri Thammarat regional branch of the National Museum

Reference
- The Ancient Siam
- http://www.amulet1.com/showimg.php?img=topic&id=882

Trimurti

Trimurti

The name Trimurti is derived from the word 'tri' meaning three and 'murti' meaning form. According to Hinduism, the name refers to the concept of three Gods, namely Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva who are personifications of three cosmic functions including creation, maintenance and destruction respectively. The concept reflects the truth of impermanece (rising, existing and ceasing).

Varied legends are told about the origin of Trimurti. Mostly, it is believed that Trimurti is a combination form of three prominent deities called Dattatreya. The name is divided into 2 words; 'datta' meaning given and 'atreya' referred to the sage Atri, his physical father. Datthtrya thus is the reincarnation of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva whose father is the sage Atri. There is also a legend referring Thrimurti as the reincarnation of Narayana.

Reference
- The Ancient Siam
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Chedi Chet Yod, the Seven-Spired Pagoda. Chiang Mai

Chedi Chet Yod, the Seven-Spired Pagoda. Chiang Mai

Chedi Chet Yod is situated at Wat Photaran Mahawihan, a monastery known as Wat Chedi Chet Yod in Chiang Mai.

The main body of the chedi is a cave like rectangular hall. On the roof stand five chedi towers on suqare bases which are all modeled after the great tower at the Bodh Gaya. Two other round-shaped chedi stands on bases decorated with stucco motifs

The monument was initially built in the time of King Tilokarat, The King of Lanna in 1455 A.D.

Reference
- The ancient siam
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The Chedi of Cham Thewi, Lamphun

The Chedi of Cham Thewi, Lamphun

The Chedi of Cham Thewi or the pyramid tower of Wat Ku Kud was constructed in the Hariphumchaya period.

The chedi is a square tower of which five cubes of graded size are placed one on the top of the other and the largest one is at the bottom of the chedi  similar to Buddhagaya in India. Around the Chedi are levels of arches holding a total of 60 Buddha statues. Ashes of the queen are enshrined within the Chedi.

The statues are Buddhist images in various style. Most of them belong to the Dvaravati and U-Thong school and date back to the 14 and 15 century B.E.

Reference
- The Ancient Siam
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The Wihan at Sa-Moeng, Chiang Mai

The Wihan at Sa-Moeng, Chiang Mai

The Wihan or the assembly hall was an important ancient structure originally situated at Sa-Moeng in Chiang Mai Province. It portrays the traditional style of the northern religious monuments

There is no presiding Buddha image housed in the wihan. Instead, the small prasat, made of brick and plaster decorated with stucco motifs, houses an image or relic of the Buddha. It is considered the most sacred monument place in the community.

Reference

- The ancient Siam

The Floating Market

The floating market provides an ideal rural backdrop to the daily life of the people living on the banks of the river. This type of settlement later developed into trading center as well as a residential area. The floating market is an example of perfect social integration. Thought the people are different in race, religious beliefs and culture, they can live in peace. We list the famous floating market near Bangkok as

1. Kwan-riam Floating Market - Bangkok

2. Amphawa Floating Market - Samut Songkhram

3.Tung Bua Chom Floating Market - Ayuttaya

4. Ayothaya Floating Market - Ayuttaya

5. Klong Lud Mayom Floating Market - Bangkok

6. Damnernsaduak Floating Market - Ratchaburi

7. Bang Nam Phueng Floating Market - Samut Prakan

8. Taling Chan Floating Market - Bangkok

9. Pattaya Floating Market - Chonburi

10. Hua Hin Sam Phan Nam Floating Market - Prachuap Khiri Khan

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The Ancient Siam
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Thonburi

Openly through the river is Thonburi which obliged a short-lived term as the Thai capital after the collapse of Ayutthaya. Nowadays the zone beside the river is straightforwardly accessed from Bangkok’s ferries. Moreover there are a lot of museums and temples here that are historic accompaniments to those in Ko Ratanakosin.

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- discover Thailand book

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Banglamphu

Nearby Banglamphu undergo from a risky split-personality chaos case. Including both the furthermost habitually old-school Bangkok portion of city as well as Thanon Khao San (Khao San road).  It is a rash, neon-lit decompression sector for international backpackers

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- discover Thailand Book

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- http://www.thapra.lib.su.ac.th/ratanagosin/images/banglumpu01.jpg

Ko Ratanakosin

This is the birthplace of Bangkok. The enormous city currently began from Ko Ratanakosin (Ko means the small fundamental island) and prepared by combing a canal around Chao Phraya river (Mae Nam Chao Phraya) for the period of the late 28^th era. 

You can find the impressive temples and palaces which are connected by the most visitors in this area.

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- discover Thailand book

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Wat Chong Khan, Lampang (This model is in the ancient siam)

The customs of the Shan or Tai Yai who was in the Northern of Thailand. The most temples in the civic are often called “Wat Chong Kham”. The ritual residences and religious alive accommodations at Wat Chong Kham are shared within one building.

Wat Chong Kham exhibited at Ancient Siam is a remarkably old Shan or Tai Yai temple compound. Nowadays the exceptional style is hardly perceived. Therefore the unusual building that once stood in Ngao in Lanpang has been attained from the hermitage.

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The Ancient Siam

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The fruit-shape architectural style

The fruit-shape architectural style was prevalent thru the Pre-Ayuthaya eras specifically U-Thong and Ayothaya

The fruit-shape is modeled after the smaller prang in front of the meeting hall or wihan of Wat Maha That, Sankhaburi in Chai Nat. Extraordinary skills were used to form the prang

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Ancient Siam

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Khun Chang-Khun Phaen Garden

Khun Chang-Khun Phaen Garden has been well-known in the literature of Thailand since the late era of Ayutthaya. 

People love singing the Thai folksong called Sepha. The original version of Khun Chang-Khun Phaen had mostly been missed and burnt by Burmese militaries in 1767 A.D. 

It was the initial era of Rattanakosin. Thru the second and the third reigns that Khun Chang-Khun Phaen was revised and the most important happenings in the story took place in three provinces as Ayutthaya, Suphan and Kanchanaburi

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Wat Khun Inthapramun

Wat Khun Inthapramun

Wat Khun Inthapramun is located in the middle of a rice field at Tombon Inthapamun Amphoe Pho Thong and house and old massive stucco reclining buddha image of 50 metres long. The roof structure of Phara Wihan That Provided shelter for the image all tumbled down and the image now lies in the open there is a statue of a man in front of the image. It was told that Khun Inthapramun was holder of a government monopoly. He embezzled money from the duties colleced for the enlarement of the image and was whipped to death. The temple was named after him.

Ubosot (Church) and Octagonal Chedi(Pagoda) at Wat Khun Inthapramun

Wat Khun Inthapramun is located at Intra Pramul sub-district, Po Thong district, Ang Thong province. The temple is known of the importance in Ayutthaya peroid. The significant manument are Recling Buddha Image, Viharam, Ubosot and Octagonal Chedi. Both of them were built on a mound with 2 meters high bricks circled their edges as gigantic temple courts

Ubosot for Vihara face the east and is built with bricks and mortar as of Ayutthaya building technique. The foundation is a high base in lotus shaped. There are two entrances at the east and the west. Both entrances are divided into 2 channels. There is no evidence neither of window nor boundary marker (Sema) and its rood was collapsed for long time. Inside in placed with a sand stone Buddha image which was covered with stucco and grounded with floor tiles.

Octagonal Chedi is situated next to the west of the Ubosot. The Chedi is a bell shaped and has its foundation built in tiered octagonal base. The top part of the Chedi was tiered chatravali which ony some part are left to be seen currently. Considering from its pattern, the Chedi is an Ayutthaya style in around 17th-18th Century

Wat Khun Intrapramul has been registered and announced as a National Ancient Manument of 58 Rais, 2 Ngans and 34 square waha in the Government Gazette Volumn 52 Section 75 date 8 March 1935. The Fine Arts Department has restored the temple and the Reclining Buddha since 1975, In 2012-2013, the Reclining Buddha, the Ubosot and the Chedi hae been once again restored. 

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