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Sukhothai,
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Sukhothai Attractions:
Outside the citywalls
Wat
Phra Phai Luang This
temple lies about 500 meters north of San Luang Gate. This
sanctuary, formerly a Khmer Hindu shrine, but later converted
in to a Buddhist monastery, is surrounded by a moat. It is
second in importance to Wat mahathat. Inside there are three
prangs like Wat Si Sawai, but the southern and the central
ones have crumbled, leaving only the northern decorated with
stucco figures. In front of these prangs are a viharn and
a chedi; the later has a pedestal decorated with stucco seated
Buddha images. A mondop contains Buddha images in four postures;
sitting, reclining, standing and walking. They are now all
in ruins. A Sivalinga (Phallic emblem of Siva) was unearthed
in the compound of this sanctuary.
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Ruin
of Old Celadon Factor
(Thuriang Kiln) Thuriang
Kiln is a site where Sukhothai celadon were made. Kilns exist
in an area measuring 100 by 700 meters. Each kiln is divided
into three sections; the fire area, the pottery baking oven,
and the flue. The pottery found here is usually decorated
by three different painted designs on their bottom : a disc,
a fish and a flower. Forty-nine Kilns and small edifices are
visible. To the north a pond has been dug into stone.
Wat
Sangkhawat
This
lies about 1,980 meters north of Wat Mahathat. The viharn
enshrines a stucco image of Sukhothai style. Behind stands
a Singhalese-style chedi. To the south, a brick ubosot base
is surrounded by slate seams.
Wat
Hin Tang
This
lies about 2,400 meters north of Wat Mahathat. The Singhalese-style
brick chedi is supported by a late rite base and surrounded
by a late rite wall. A Sukhothai inscription of Wat Hin Tang
described Buddhist relics and religious rites.
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Wat
Khung Wai This
lies about 300 meters away from Wat Hin Tang.
Wat
Si Chum This
lies about 1,500 meters north of mondop is the main sanctuary
and contains a monumental stucco-over-brick Buddha image in
the attitude Subduing Mara, Called 'Phra Achana' This Buddha
measures 11.30 meters from knee to knee.
The mondop is 32 meters square and 15 meters high, and the walls
are 3 meters thick. There is a passageway in the left inner
wall itself which leads to the above crossbeam. On the ceiling
of the passageway are more than fifty engraved slate slabs illustrating
Jataka scenes.
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