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Khao Phra Wihan National Park
This park covers an area along the Thai-Cambodian border. Tourist
attractions in the park include viewpoints on a cliff and a Khmer
bas-relief. The park is at the end of Highway No. 221, 36 kilometres
south of the district office and 98 kilometres from Si Sa Ket town.
Pha Mo I Daeng, a major attraction of the park, is a wide rock
plateau on a high cliff on the Thai-Cambodian border. This is a
good spot to view the Phanom Dong Rak range and Khao Preah Vihear
sanctuary 1 kilometre away in Cambodia. A chapel here houses the
Nak Prok Buddha image and the oldest Khmer-style bas-relief in
Thailand from the 15th Buddhist century.
Prasat
Khao Phra Wihan (Preah Vihear)
Prasat Khao Phra Wihan or the Preah Vihear Sanctuary is a grand
historical site and the centre of a Khmer community on the highlands
of Cambodia. The site was built during the 16th-17th Buddhist
century and is more than 600 metres above level ground. Though
physically
in Cambodia, the sanctuary is easier to reach from the Thai side.
From Pha Mo I Daeng, there is a 2-kilometre footpath with historical
sites lined all the way to the mountaintop. The sanctuary offers
a spectacular view of the Cambodian lowlands.
Prasat Ban Samo
Prasat Ban Samo is 10 kilometres southeast of Prang Ku. A laterite
wall surrounds this small Khmer site. The square pagoda has a
lintel above a fake doorway facing the south. An ancient pool
lies beyond
the wall.
Prasat Prang Ku
Prasat Prang Ku is 10 kilometres from the district office. Prang
Ku is a small Khmer site built of large laterite slabs. It is
over a thousand years old. The front part has a large pool that
is the
habitat of waterfowls in the dry season.
Prasat Ta Leng
Prasat Ta Leng is at Ban Prasat, Tambon Kanthrarom, 20 kilometres
from the district office. A square pagoda adorns the site. The
front doorway still has clear, beautiful designs. The sanctuary
was built around the 16th-17th Buddhist century.
Prasat Wat Sa Kamphaeng Noi
This khmer sanctuary is at Ban Klang, 14 kilometres from the district
office on the road to Si Sa Ket. The site consists of a pagoda,
a building made of laterite and a pool. Built in the 16th Buddhist
century as a religious place, it received extensions in the 18th
Buddhist century to also become a community medical centre.
Prasat Wat Sa Kamphaeng Yai
This is at Ban Kamphaeng, 22 kilometres from Amphoe Muang and 2
kilometres before Uthumphon Phisai district office. This large
Khmer sanctuary has 3 pagodas on the same base. The main pagoda
is the middle one built of sandstone and bricks. Its beautiful
shape is still intact. Lintels, Buddha images, fired clay Buddha
image prints, and bronze artwork have been found here. This sanctuary
was built in the 16th Buddhist century as an offering to the god
Shiva. It was later transformed into a Buddhist temple in the Mahayana
sect in the 18th Buddhist century. |
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