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The Principle Chedi Wat Chiang Nga Sangaram

Keywords : Phra That, Chedi, Laotian Art, Wat Chiang Nga, Wat Chiang Nga Sangaram, King Rama III

Site common nameWat Chiang Nga Sangaram
Site alternative nameWat Chiang Nga
Type of artworkArchitecture
Sub districtChiang Nga
DistrictBan Mi
ProvinceLopburi
RegionCentral
CountryThailand
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree
Lat : 15.046157
Long : 100.538382
Geographic Coordinates
UTM
Zone : 48 P
Hemisphere : N
E : 665369.33
N : 1664007.6
Place of artworkThe south of the ordination hall

History of production

This temple was built around 1827 by Thaipuan people who were herded into the region in the reign of King Rama 3. This Chedi might have been built in the same period.

Production process

Brick and cement

Art

This is a bell-shaped Chedi with indented sloping mouldings and a series of lotus bud. The bell element in a round plan is decorated with lotus pattern with a replica chedi at the top.

Key academic information

This is an example of a replicating chedi of That Foon, a holy Phra Dhat for Thai Puan people.

Notice

1. This is a replica chedi of Dhat Foon or Dhat Pan, a holy Phra Dhat of Thaipuan people, which is now in Chiang Chanwasong, Laos.

2. This group of Chedi was heavily influenced by characteristics of Burmese art including sloping mouldings in an octagonal plan, the decoration of the lotus pattern and the bell element in a round plan without a Hamika. Such an influence might have come in during the invasion of King Burengnong and through cities with Burmese influence such as Chiang Tung or Chiang Rung.

PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodLanchang
Age24th Buddhist century
ReligionBuddhism
SectTheravada
Religion and beliefTheravada
Related artwork

1. Dhat Foon or Dhat Pan, Khoon city, Chiang Kwang is a holy Phra Dhat of Thaipuan people and is the model of Chedi at Wat Chiang Nga.

2. Maha Chedi, Chacheangsao is another example of a Dhat Foon’ replication by Thai Puan people in Thailand.

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2016-08-21
Record creatorRungroj Thamrungraeng
Bibliography

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ประภัสรร์ ชูวิเชียร. ศิลปะลาว. กรุงเทพฯ: มติชน, 2557.

Henri Parmentier. L’art du Laos. Paris: EFEO, 1988.