miguel a. cartagena
Hindu temple that converted to a Buddhist temple
I present the Wat Si Sawai, a Hindu temple from the late 12th century which was here before Sukhothai was the capital of Thailand. Khmer style has 3 Prangs coated with stucco and decorated with many deities. Some of these fragments can be seen in the Ramkhamhaeng Museum. We also can see a chedi and Buddha and the Central Prang with a gallery connected directly from the aisle. There are many columns that precede this temple in the south within the wall about 300 meters from Wat Mahathat. There are gardens and a lake above the building. By all accounts the prince who later became King Rama VI found Sayomphú´s footprint which is the most important Hindu god of this temple.
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