Wat Phra Borom That Don Tao

The history of this temple said that it was built in the reign of King Anantayot in the year 680 but from the form of Phra Borom That Don Tao is probably older in the early 21st Buddhist Century.

Masonry

Announcing the registration of ancient sites in the Government Gazette, Book 52, Chapter 75, 8 March 1935

This is a bell shape chei. The bottom base is the lotus base in the square plan. Next up is a three-layer flat base set, lotus base, three layers flat base in a circular plan, bell supporting base, the bell and throne in a circular plan, cylinders, spire, prominent minaret, lotus petals on the floor of minaret and seven layers tiered umbrella. It also has a line of walls with bai sema shape backrests, East West and North arches with Buddha images.

Lanna art chedi, Lampang school of art

1. It is a chedi style combination of Sukhothai and Lanna and the throne in a circular plan, a form like that may be called the Lampang school of art.

2. Due to restoration during the reign of Prince Bunyawat Wongmanit, causing this chedi to have some elements similar to Burmese art such as a line of walls with bai sema shape backrests, a lotus petals and a top part of chedi.

This pagoda has a legend that Lord Buddha came to this area and performed dharma along with giving one hundred eight hair in a golden casket. and putting them in the chedi and making predictions about this area in the future.

Later, the kingdom caused poverty. In the 57 B.E., King Chomtu Jitra persuaded the people to build phra that larger than before and build vihara on the east and reclining Buddha image on the west. Then, the kingdom returned to prosperity again.

1. Phra That Lampang Luang of Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, Lampang Province is an important example of a chedi in Lanna art of the Lampang school of art, which should have the same form as Phra Borom That Don Tao before the restoration by Prince Bunyawat Wongmanit.

2. The Main Chedi of Wat Pa Prao Nai, Chaing Mai province is a chedi with artistic characteristics similar to Phra Borom That Don Tao.

ศิลปากร, กรม. การขึ้นทะเบียนโบราณสถานภาคเหนือในเขตรับผิดชอบของหน่วยศิลปากรที่ 4 ตามโครงการสำรวจและขึ้นทะเบียนโบราณสถานของกองโบราณคดี. กรุงเทพฯ: กรม, 2525.

มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, งานประชาสัมพันธ์. หนังสือที่ระลึกพิธีถวายผ้าพระกฐินพระราชทาน มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร ณ พระอารามหลวง วัดพระแก้วดอนเต้าสุชาดาราม วันศุกร์ที่ 20 พฤศจิกายน 2558. นครปฐม: โรงพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, 2558.

ณัฏฐภัทร จันทวิช “วัดพระแก้วดอนเต้า” เมืองโบราณ. 5, 4 (เมษายน – พฤษภาคม 2552), 11 – 21.