Phra Dhat Tha Utain

Artwork alternative name	The principle Chedi
Site common name	Wat Phra Dhat Tha Utain
Type of artwork	Architecture
Sub district	Tha Uthen
District	Tha Uthen
Province	Nakhon Phanom
Region	Northeast
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 17.581589 Long : 104.591261
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 48 Q Hemisphere : N E : 456628.62 N : 1943941.9
Place of artwork	At the back of the current ordination hall

History of production	Information from Thai Noi inscriptions at the wall of Phra Dhat indicates that it was started by teacher Sridhat together with monks and like-minded locals in 1911 and finished by a Yuan craftsman named “Aongmad”
Production process	Brick and cement
Conservation	Registered as archaeological site in the Government Gazette, Volume 115 Special Issue 4D, 14 January 1998
Art	This Chedi is a Prasat Chedi with two-tier body. The lower one has several niches with fake doors on 4 sides. The arch is decorated in leave patterns and the columns are decorated with stuccos. The upper body is a replicated body and the square bell element is decorated with patterns. The top is an extended square lotus bud.
Key academic information	This is a replica Chedi of Phra Dhat Panom, a holy Phra Dhat of Nakorn Panom.
Notice	This Chedi is a clear replication of Phra Dhat Panom. Although the main body is slightly taller than the original, it is quite a good example to study about the structure of Phra Dhat Panom.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Lanchang
Age	25th Buddhist century
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	Theravada
Related artwork	1. Phra Dhat Panom, Nakhon Panom is the model of Phra Dhat Tha Utain. It has now been restored after the damage in 1975. 2. Phra Dhat Renu, Nakhon Panom is another example of the replication of Phra Dhat Panom, but is more similar to the original model.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-08-21
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
Bibliography	วิโรฒ ศรีสุโร. ธาตุอีสาน. กรุงเทพฯ: มูลนิธิโตโยต้า, 2539. ศักดิ์ชัย สายสิงห์. เจดีย์ พระพุทธรูป ฮูปแต้ม สิม ศิลปะลาวและอีสาน. กรุงเทพฯ: มิวเซียมเพรส, 2555. ประภัสรร์ ชูวิเชียร. ศิลปะลาว. กรุงเทพฯ: มติชน, 2557.