Phra Chedi Klang Nam (middle of the water) Rayong

It is assumed that this Chedi was built in the reign of King Rama 5 in 1873

Bricks and Cement

Fine Arts Department registered this as an archaeological site on 17 December 2001.

The brick and cement Chedi is painted in white and has a square circumambulatory with a wall. The wall is decorated with enameled insulators. There is a short wall supporting a bell-shaped element in a round plan. There is a lotus base, a series of three convex moldings, a lotus base with pointed mouldings, all of which are highly extended. Above this is the bell-shaped element, hamika, pillars, spire and finial. The surrounding area is covered with clayed tiles.

According to the history, Phraya Srisamutchotpichaisongkram (Ket Yomjinda), the then governor of Rayoong, went to Bangkok on duty and passed by the Chaophraya River estuary at Samut Prakarn. There, he had a chance to worship Phra Samut Chedi, the sacred Chedi for passerby. The Chedi was located in the middle of water. He then built a replica of Phra Samut Chedi at Rayong to serve as a symbol for sailers who arrived at Rayong. Phra Chedi Klang Nam is a bell-shaped Chedi in the middle of water. One side of the Chedi is close to Rayong river and the other is close to a mangrove forest.

Phra Samut Chedi, Samut Prakarn

เบญจวรรณ กิตติจารุกร. ศักยภาพชุมชนในการพัฒนาเป็นแหล่งท่องเที่ยวเชิงนิเวศ : กรณีศึกษาชุมชนสมุทรเจดีย์ ตำบลปากน้ำ อำเภอเมือง จังหวัดระยอง. นครปฐม : สาขาวิชาการจัดการภาครัฐและภาคเอกชน บัณฑิตวิทยาลัย มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, 2556.