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Suphan Buri Attractions:
Wat Phra Rup
This monastery is located on the west bank of the Tha Chin River opposite Suphan Buri provincial market in the vicinity of Amphoe Muang. It is a very old monastery built in the late U Thong era. The main attractions of this monastery are a reclining Buddha called by the villager
"Nen Kaeo" and Buddha's footprint made of wood which is very valuable as it is the only one in existence in Thailand, and is assumed to be the only one in the world.
The Four Sacred Ponds
The four ponds named Sa Kaeo, Sa Kha, Sa Yomana, and Sa Ket are located in the vicinity of Amphoe Muang near the Tha Wa River 14 kilometers from the township area. They are assumed to provide sacred water ever since the prosperous U Thong City era; water from these four ponds have been utilized for various coronation ceremonies.
Tha Sadet Bird Santuary
To find the location one can travel along the road leading through the Highway Division Intersection; then left turn is made to go over a bridge and straight on to
Tambon Tha Sadet where a right turn is made for a distance of 12 kilometers to arrive at the unit. Some birds can be viewed during the day time while a tremendous number of birds such as open-billed stork, heron, stork comorants, painted storks, night heron, and white ibises, etc., can be seen in the evening when they come home.
Don Chedi Monument
This monument is located in the vicinity of Tambon Don Chedi, Amphoe Si Prachan, 31 kilometers from the township are. The pagoda was constructed by the royal command of King Naresuan the Great to commemorate his victory against King Maha Uparacha of Burma in single hand elephant back combat. Found in 1913 in ruined condition, only the base part can be seen. It was renovated having a new pagoda to cover the original one in the year 1952 by the government. A cast statue of King Naresuan the Great mounting the elephant's neck was placed in front of the pagoda. An annual fair celebrating the monument for seven days and seven nights commences on the 25th of January which is regarded as Royal Thai Armed Forces Day.
The celebrations include historic shows, folk entertainment and shops selling all kinds of merchandise and service.
Muang U THong
This city currnetly located at Amphoe U Thong is a very old town found in the legend of Ayuttaya in the year 1347. Later on the search for evidence at U Thong City revealed many factors which indicate that this is an old town and established a long time before Ayutthaya. It had been abandoned for some centuries before King U Thong established Ayutthaya as the capital so it now believed that King U Thong did not run away from the cholera there as aforementioned. The main attraction of U Thong is the U Thong National Museum which stores artifacts and archaeological materials found from excavations, such as,
tools, utensils and Buddha images displaying human development in the different ages when those people used to reside in this area of Suphan Buri.
Wat Mahathai
This monastery is generally called by the villagers "Wat Phrathat Nok" and is located in the vicinity of Tambon Suan Taeng, Amphoe U Thong,
15 kilometers along Malaimaen Road from the township. The main attraction is a not so big prang of early Ayutthaya disign having a good looking shape.
Wat Phai Rong Wua
This monastery was built in the present era and is located in the vicinity of Tambon Bang Tathen on the bank of Khlong Phraya Banlue, Amphoe Song Phi Nong. It house the largest metal cast Buddha image of the world called "Phra Phutta Khodom" which has a lap width of 10 meters and a height of 26 meters. There is various construction concerning Buddhaism, such as, the Three season Palace of Prince Sitthattha, places of gaining enlightenment, giving the first preaching sermon, and Nivana (passing away stage), the hell being community, etc. The monastery is reached by Highway No.321 to Amphoe Song Phi Nong with right turn to Wat Phai Rong Wua; or take a boat trip from Tha
Chang Landing, Bangkok, every Sunday at 07.00 hours.
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