ArchitecturePhra Borommathat Chaiya

Phra Borommathat Chaiya is a prasat-type chedi with a round stupa as a spire, its building materials were bricks and mortar. The chedi stands on a square base decorated with pilasters. On the eastern side, there is a staircase leading to the cella of the chedi. The central prasat-type chedi is surrounded by six round stupas with a hexagonal base.The prasat-type chedi is evidently the most significant feature, it comprises the base, the body and the roof.The lotus base serves as a foundation of the chedi which features projections echoing those of the body of the chedi. The body which is also square-shape possesses one offset in the middle of each side and projections at the four corners. The middle projections are in the porch-like shape, of all the four projections, only the east one is an entrance to the cella. Whereas the smaller projections at the corners are similar to pilaster. Above the body is the stepped roof sections; composes of two levels with each level surrounded by miniature round stupas. The uppermost part is in an octagonal plan also decorated with miniature round stupa. This section supports an octagonal-shape stupa on a circular lotus base topped with a set of spire, namely a square plinth, a conical shape and a spire, similar to that of a round stupa.