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Prang Sra Pleng |
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ปรางค์สระเพลง |
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Not much of Prang Sra Pleng, now sitting in a small grove of
trees surrounded by rice paddies, remains standing, though there
is just enough to give visitors an impression of how this Khmer
ruin used to be.
Based mostly on the style of the sandstone
doorframe, Prang Sra Pleng appears to have been a Hindu shrine
for an arogayasala (hospital) built by King Jayavarman VII (r.
1181-1219). And like other arogayasala, it faces to the east and
is built almost entirely of laterite.
Half of the Prang Sra
Pleng's one and only prang – much of the north wall and some of
the west wall – still stands, albeit with the help of two large
metal supports. This is the only portion that is original. The
enclosure at the front of the prang was assembled by locals from
random tumbled down blocks. There was no room or wall like this
in the Khmer era.
A part of the front of the prang has
been turned into a shrine whose focus is a small piece of what
was probably a lintel.
In front of the prang, part of a base
from a gopura can be made out and lots of other large laterite
blocks (plus a few sandstone ones) lay half buried in the dirt
all around it.
Just to the northeast of the temple is a
silted-in holy pond. It's now full of weeds and only has water,
presumably, after a heavy rain. No evidence of a moat is
visible.
Location – Ban Sra Bratum Mai Pathana, Tambon
Chok Chai, Amphoe Chok Chai, Nakhon Ratchasima Province
Other
names – Prang Saplaeng, Prang Saphleng, Phra Prang Sisophon
(พระปรางค์ศรีโสภณ) |
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Chok Chai |
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Chok
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14.73869 N |
102.17891 E |
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