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General Condition

Wat Pa Dam Nai is an abandoned temple located in Aranyik District, Mueang Kamphaeng Phet. It is about 425 meters north of the moat to the north, about 178 meters north of Huai Sai, and 1,433 meters north of the Ping River.

Height above mean sea level

85 meters

Waterway

Ping River, Huay Sai

Geological conditions

Sediment deposited into laterite hills underground

Archaeological Era

historical era

era/culture

Sukhothai period, Early Ayutthaya period, Middle Ayutthaya period

Archaeological age

20th - 22nd Buddhist Century

Types of archaeological sites

religious place

archaeological essence

Wat Pa Dam Nai is a temple in the Aranyik area of ​​Kamphaeng Phet. The temple has a rectangular plan with a moat surrounding it. It appears that the important buildings are:

The Temple It is a rectangular building. laterite The base of the sanctuary was raised on a low platform to form a lotus base. Hall style There is only one stairway going up and down in the front east. Inside the south side of the sanctuary appeared a line of monks. The back side of the western viharn is built next to the temple's principal mondop.

Mondop Serves as the main chedi of the temple The style of the Mondop is a rectangular building made of laterite. There are solid walls on three sides. There is only one entrance and exit in front. The mandop wall forms the base in front of the board in three tiers. Next up is the lotus base layer of glass beads, chicken breast. The next building was completely destroyed. Inside the mandop, traces of a large seated Buddha image were found, which was destroyed, leaving only traces of the amulet.

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