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SculptureAvalokiteshvara Bodhisattva
The Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is standing on a square base. The face is square. The eyebrows are sharp and the eyes are widely open. The nose and the mouth are well balanced. The image wears pointed round shape earrings and there is a crown that is composed with a visor and a tiara in a cone shape that can be compared to idols in Nakon Wat style. At the center of the tiara appears a trace of an image that its detail was cracked out. The Buddha image on the tiara is a feature of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, so it is believed that this is his sculpture. The image at the center of the tiara isAmitabha Buddha who gave life to Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva. The upper part of the body is bare and the lower part is wearing shorts engraving straight lines and the hem under the stomach is curved. In the middle appears the hem in a shape of a fish tail. This is a style of sculptures in Nakorn Wat Arts. All 4 hands are holding onto an object that belongs to him. The lower right hand is holding a lotus flower. The upper right hand is holding beads, the lower left hand is holding a scripture, and the upper left hand is holding a conch shell.
SculptureThe radiant Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva
The radiant Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is in a standing position but with missing limbs as in the head, hands, shins, and feet. The chest, shoulders and upper arms of the body are decorated with many rows of Buddha images that looks like armor.There is a large image of a person in the middle of the chest and the waist and this might refer to Prachya Paramita. The image wears shorts with roughly engraved pattern. Its lower body from the thigh to the feet is in disproportion according to the sculpture in Bayon style.
SculptureThe radiant Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva
The radiant Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is standing on a square base. Its condition is complete except for the 8 hands that are missing. The sculpture has a square face, closed eyes, with the corners of the mouth lifted slightly as in Khmer Arts, Bayon style. The hair is put up in a cylinder shape and the hair is decorated with the image of Amitabha Buddha and many other Buddha images. The upper part of the body is decorated with rows of Buddha images that looks like armor. There is a large image of a person in the middle of the chest and the waist and they might refer to Prachya Paramita. All 8 hands are missing. The image wears shorts with roughly engraved pattern. His lower body from the thigh to the feet is in disproportion. Every toe has on a ring.
SculptureMaitreya Bodhisattva’s head
The Maitreya Bodhisattva’s head is a convex sculpture located on a cave wall but it was secretly extracted. The face of the sculpture is long with arched eyebrows. The eyes are look downward. The nose and the mouth are well balanced. The long hair is put up in a bun above the head in a large cylinder shape. The layers of hair form an image of a stupa in the middle of the bun.
SculptureBodhisattva’s head
This Bodhisattva’s head was damaged but it has been preserved until it was restored. The face of the sculpture is long with arched eyebrows. The eyes look downward. Originally, some jewels or valuables may had been buried inside the eyes but they had disappeared. The nose and the mouth are well balanced between a mustache. The long hair is put up in a bun above the head in a large cylinder shape. The hair is decorated with layers of Fish Roe Pearls. The symbol that was placed in the middle of the bun was lost. Therefore, it is unknow which Bodhisattva this sculpture is.
SculptureMaitreya Bodhisattva
Maitreya Bodhisattva is in a standing position with its eyes open. In the center of its head, its long hair is put up into a bun decorated with an image of a stupa. This symbol suggests that this sculpture is Maitreya Bodhisattva. Both arms are missing. The upper part of the body is bare and the lower part is with thin shorts without stripes.
SculptureBodhisattva
The Bodhisattva is in a standing position with its eyes closed conveying peace. In the center of the head, long hair is put up in a ponytail. There are 4 arms but the right arm at the back is missing. The fingers are bended as if to hold onto something. The upper part of the body is bare and the lower part is with thin shorts without stripes.
ArchitecturePrasat Nong Bua Rai
It consists of the principle prasat with an entrance facing east. The entrance is with a porch with one window porthole on each side of the porch. The top of the prasat has 4 layers with a decorative square. On the northeastern side, there is a Banalai or a repositorie for scriptures facing the principle prasat. In front of the principle prasat is a cross-shaped walkway extended until the gopura. In front of the president's castle there is a cross path that leads all the way to Gopura. All of these are surrounded by an inner wall.Around the nearby area, a piece of a gable was found with an image of the 4-arms Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva in a standing position. On the northeastern side, outside the inner wall is a pond in a rectangular diagram. This layout and construction patterns, such as the castle with porches and window porthole on both sides, can be found at other archaeological sites such as at Ku Santarat. Mahasarakham province or at Prasat Ta Muan Tot, Surin province, etc.
