| Wat
Thung Si Muang (early 1800s)
other
sites in Ubon Ratchathani |
Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand |
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Wat Thung Si Muang was constructed during the reign of Rama III (1824-1851) to house a replica of the Buddha's footprint. Perhaps its most beautiful feature is the wooden tripitaka library (Ho Trai) that sits on stilts in a pond. It was designed in such a way to prevent insects (ants and termites) from reaching the palm scroll materials inside. The architecture is a mixture of Lao and Rattanakosin styles (Rattanakosin refers to the era after 1782, when Bangkok was the capital of Thailand).
Alongside the tripitaka library is the Ho Phra Buddha Bot. Adjacent to that is the Viharn (secondary chapel).
Bibliography
All images copyright 2004 Patrick Ziltener, sociologist, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Colgne/Germany, and University of Zurich, Switzerland; pziltener@hotmail.com
Cummings, Joe.
Thailand
Lonely Planet
Publications. Singapore. 1990