Phra That Sri Songrak

Keywords : Phra That, Square-bell-shaped Chedi, Phra That Sri Songrak

Site common name	Wat Phra That Sri Songrak
Type of artwork	Architecture
Sub district	Dan Sai
District	Dan Sai
Province	Loei
Region	Northeast
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 17.270075 Long : 101.140681
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 Q Hemisphere : N E : 727576.11 N : 1910695.04
Place of artwork	At the centre of the sacred zone

History of production	Phra That Sri Songrak was built in 1560 AD as the representative of friendship between Ayudhya and Lanchang by King Cakravart of Ayudhya and King Jayachedha of Lanchang, during the expansion of Toungoo kingdom led by King Bayinnuang of Burma. Therefore, this stupa was named Sri Songrak. Moreover, this stupa also stood for the border point between two kingdoms.
Conservation	Phra That Sri Songrak was listed and declared an ancient monument in the Government Gazette, no.52 section 75 on the 8^th March 1935
Art	Phra That Sri Songrak is a brick-and-stucco stupa. The pyramidal platforms are in square plan. while the upper pedestals with a large pointed wire or Bua Khao Prom in multi-edges plan. This wire may be the developement of Ayutthaya Singha pedestal, which is normally under the lotus pedestal. The falling lotus bud has flisked tip, which is known in Lanchang Art as Bua Ngon pedestal. The anda is quite cylindrical in square plan and decorated with stucco sheath at each corner. A small ballang and a cylindrical finial can be compared to the top part of normal bell-shaped stupa in circular plan.
Key academic information	Phra That Sri Songrak is the oledet sqaure-bell-shaped stupa which was built in 1560 AD. It displays the unique character of Lanchang stupa, which might be the prototype of other Lanchang stupa. Futhermore, Phra That Sri Songrak was the representative of friendship between Ayudhya and Lanchang, as well as the border between two kingdoms, when it was built by King Cakravart of Ayudhya and King Jayachedha of Lanchang.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Lanchang
Age	17th century AD
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	Theravada Buddhism

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-09-09
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
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