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“Sim or Isan folk church, Sila Ja Luek”

Wat Prasit Chaiyaram It is an old temple built in 1995 or during the reign of King Rama III. Inside the temple there is an ancient Isan style Sim. Which, despite being in a dilapidated state, still has interesting things to see

History It is a temple under the Maha Nikaya Sangha. Evidence found inscribed on the stone slab behind the old church in the ancient Thai Lao language that Built in the year 1207 or 1845 by Muang Saeng and Putta, Putta, Yakuputta, Chammani and Ta Saeng, who were people who moved Nong Sor, Ban Muang Thao, raised it as a temple according to the Sangha Synod Act in 1937.

Sim or an ancient Isaan folk church Located in the middle of the new temple courtyard It is a brick and cement building in the ancient Isaan style. The gable roof has bird-winged eaves covering all sides. The sim is located on a base of lotus wire, an open solid wall on the east side only. Inside Sim store ancient Buddha images. The Dharma cabinet has a green pattern, crafted by local artisans, a watering trough or a water trough for Buddha images carved from wood in the form of a serpent's body. which can be found in the Northeast and the North

The stone inscription is located on the outside adjacent to the Sim wall on the west side. It is a sandstone slab that resembles a parapet embroidered on the ground with small parapets overlaid. Many more sides This stone inscription contains an inscription in ancient Lao Thai language indicating the history of the temple's construction. Which the letters are still clearly visible