Wat Phongsunan, the Wongburi family temple

#VisitSecondaryCity 🙏Wat Phongsunan, originally named Wat Pongsanuk, is an abandoned temple. To the south of the temple, there is a pond and a turtle statue. Legend has it that Nang Kham Phuan, a Burmese woman, went down into the pond because she wanted a turtle, but she drowned. Her friend, Sang Tad, built a pagoda and four turtle statues around the pagoda to commemorate her friend. 🛕In 1929, Father Buri Sri Pannya renovated the temple, but it was later damaged by fire and flooding. In 1934, Phaya Burirat renovated it, with Luang Phong Phibun and Chao Sunanta, the owners of Ban Wongburi, as the main operators. The temple was therefore named Wat Phongsunan and received the royal boundary marker in 1956. 🏰Wat Phongsunan is a beautiful temple with many distinctive features, starting with the entrance arch, which is a sacred arch with 19 spires, and a large golden reclining Buddha statue in the open air, along the temple wall. 🏰Inside the ordination hall Enshrining the “Phra Chao Saensuk”, the principal Buddha image in the Mara-Vijaya posture, almost 600 years old. 🏰 The Glass Temple of the 108-spire Chedi is a white temple surrounded by a wall of 108 glass beads. If you look through the glass beads, you will see an upside-down image of the Glass Temple with the 108-spire Chedi beautifully. 🙏 Inside the temple, there is a large Buddha image, “Phra Saraswati Prathanphon”, and a small Buddha image made entirely from jackfruit wood. There are also murals of Buddha images in Phrae Province and various zodiac signs. 🛕 The Phra That Phongsunan Mongkol Chedi enshrines the relics of the Lord Buddha, which were invited from India and Sri Lanka. 🙏 And Phra Chao Tanjai 🙏 Every February, there is a tradition of bathing the relics of the Lord Buddha and paying homage to Phra That Phongsunan Mongkol. 💥Wat Phongsunan: Kham Lue Road, Nai Wiang Subdistrict, Mueang Phrae District, Phrae Province 🌐Coordinates: https://maps.app.goo.gl/V5WT6r49sA6a1Nxs5 🕗Opening - closing hours: 08.00 - 17.00 In 1934 #Phrae #VisitPhrae #OldTemplesofPhraeProvince