Phra Bang

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Site common name	Wat Tribhumi
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Sub district	Tha Uthen
District	Tha Uthen
Province	Nakhon Phanom
Region	Northeast
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates DMS	Lat : 17.573909 Long : 104.60499
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 48 Q Hemisphere : N E : 458803.65 N : 1943089.14
Place of artwork	The principle Buddha in the assembly hall

History of production	It is indicated in the inscription that this Buddha image was built in 1765 by Hemmawanna, his disciples, laymen and laywomen.
Production process	Bronze
Size	80 inches tall and the altar is 21.5 inches tall
Art	This Buddha image is in a standing posture with the attitude of stopping the rainstorm. It has a long face, small hair buds, flame-like halo, straight-looking eyes, small and smiling mouth. The belt and the cloth are decorated in patterns with colorful gems. It stands on an octagonal base.
Key academic information	An example of a replicated Phra Bang in the northeastern region
Notice	1. The decoration of belt might have been an influence from the ornamented Buddha image in Rattanakosin art because such a decoration had never appeared in Phra Bang Buddha images before. 2. This Buddha image is different from other replicated Phra Bang in that it is of a human-like size, but other replicas were often small. 3. In other documents, it is often indicated that it was built in 1465, but from the art characteristics, it is more likely to coincide with the new interpretation that it was built in 1765.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Lanchang
Age	24th Buddhist century
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	Theravada
Legend	According to a legend, this Buddha image was produced in Laos together with a Buddha image of meditation attitude, which is now located at Ban Don Ting, Hin Boon City, Laos. During wartime, Phra bang was hidden in Hin Herb cave, Ban Nakok, Kham Kerd. Later, teacher Ta Pongsri and his followers visited Hin Boon city for a rain retreat. They had heard about the beauty of this Buddha, so they moved the image from the cave and enshrined it at Wat Phra Dhat Utain and later at Wat Tribhumi. It is believed that when there is drought, people can bring Pha Bang out for a parade and the rain will come.
Related artwork	1. Phra Bang at Luang Phrabang is a sacred Buddha image of Lanchang kingdom and Laotian people. This creates culture of replicating it by maintaining important features including the standing posture and the attitude of stopping the rainstorm. 2. Phra Bang Sai Khao at Wat Srisuthawas Loei is another example of a replica of Phra Bang is the north east. There is an inscription indicating the name of the creator and the year in which it was built (1712).

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-08-17
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
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