| WAT SIKA SAMUD |
Wat Sika Samud is located outside the city island in Tambon Phai Ling, just north of
Wat Maheyong.
The monastery is surrounded by a moat, looking like a small island. Following the Fine
Arts Department description in situ, the moat was used as water sema - a boundary for
doing religious rites (Udaka sema).
The site consists of an ubosot or ordination hall and a principal pagoda on the west. The
principal pagoda is bell-shaped on a circular base. The base itself has 20 niches in lotus
petal shape, in which in ancient times Buddha images were situated. Within the
monastery are a number of foundations of chedi rai.
Its historical background and period of construction are unknown. According to
archaeological evidence, this temple was built in the Early Ayutthaya Period.
Wat Maheyong.
The monastery is surrounded by a moat, looking like a small island. Following the Fine
Arts Department description in situ, the moat was used as water sema - a boundary for
doing religious rites (Udaka sema).
The site consists of an ubosot or ordination hall and a principal pagoda on the west. The
principal pagoda is bell-shaped on a circular base. The base itself has 20 niches in lotus
petal shape, in which in ancient times Buddha images were situated. Within the
monastery are a number of foundations of chedi rai.
Its historical background and period of construction are unknown. According to
archaeological evidence, this temple was built in the Early Ayutthaya Period.
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| Text & photographs by Tricky Vandenberg - May 2009 |
| (Click button for aerial view) |
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