Phitsanulok City Pillar Shrine
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Within Phitsanulok, there are a series of sacred icons; one
significant that couldn’t be missed out would be PhitsanulokCity
Pillar. Originally, it was a stone inscription buried beneath
the Naan River, but later the item was shifted to a museum. Due
to the stone inscriptions’ removal, Phitsanuloks’ mayor during
the time, authorized a new City Pillar be built in replacement.
There was the gathering of government officials, citizens and a
representative from the Fine Arts Department, suggesting
thoughts on the new City Pillar. The new construction was to the
west of Naan River and the City Pillar is situated within
Phitsanuloks’ City Shrine, just opposite to the city hall. The
pillar isn’t merely a sacred object, besides; it indicated the
harmony of people on both sides of River Kwai.
As stated,
the City Pillar is situated within the City Shrine. The shrine
was built and designed by the Department of Fine Arts. The
construction employs the concept of a pagoda. It has 7 levels
altogether, and has a base of 16.60 meters in width and 10.65
meters height. The sacred site completed its construction on
April 8th, 1997 having Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn present on the
grand opening ceremony.
As of the City Pillar, it was
constructed from 3, renowned, blessed woods. The Pillar is
sectioned into 3 parts consisting of the trunk, the upper truck
(Tong lookkaew) and the peak. The trunk or in Thai, Lumton, is
made from wood of the Golden Shower Tree (CasiaFitsula), the
second section, is made from rosewood and the third section,
shaped into a lotus, is made from teak. Each type of wood was
donated from local villagers to Luang-PuNgonSorayo (Buddhist
monk), to carve out before assembling them together and
undergoes a Buddhist ceremony to bring luck. The sacred ceremony
took place at WatPhrasrirattanaSasadaram or Temple of the
Emerald Buddha in Bangkok on June 10, 1995.
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Phitsanulok, there is a celebration held annually on April 8th,
to bring fortune and luck to the people of Phitsanulok. Local
residents are also reminded on the importance of having such an
important entity protecting themselves and their homes. |
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16.8245 N |
100.2598 E |
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