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Wat Rajaburana was
established by King Sam Phraya as a commemoration for his brothers
who died in the fight between each other. Two stupas, a Prang and
other building were built. A hold was found with many valuable items
in the Prang. The temple was destroyed by fire in 1967, however, the
remains of the structure are still in condition.
View of
Wat Maha That and Wat Rajaburana, Ayutthaya
In 1424 A.D. King
Intharachthirat passed away. His two sons, Chao Aye Phraya who
reigned over Suphanburi, and Chao Yi Phraya who reigned over Sanburi,
met in battle as each desired the throne. This took place at the
approach to the Pa-Than bridge and ended with the death of both
sons. A third son, Chao Sam Phraya came down from Phitsanulok and
acceded to the throne whereupon he declared his intention to
organize a funeral for his father and his two brothers. Afterwards
he ordered the building of a wat, namely Wat Ratchaburana, at the
site of the cremation and at the place where his brothers fought and
died he had two chedis created in which to keep their ashes.
In September of 1957
A.D. looter dug into a two-level crypt inside the main prang
(Khmer-type tpwer) and stole a great quantity of valuable material.
Police arrested some of these looters. The Fine Arts Department
proceeded to excavate the site and found Buddha images and many
artifacts made of gold. Among these were a large number of votive
tablets made og gold and lead. In1958 A.D. the Fine Arts Department
built a stairway so that one could go down into the crypt and look
at the mural paintings which were also found there. Since the Buddha
images and votive tablets discovered in the crypt were very
numerous, the ministers of the government approved giving some of
them to people who had contributed to the building of the Chao Sam
Phraya National Museum, much of the collection in which was found at
Wat Rajaburana.
Please don't brought our head-buddha-images to
your country, its so we can saw here
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