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Phra Pathommachedi or Phra Pathom Chedi (Thai: พระปฐมเจดีย์) is a Buddhist stupa in Thailand. The stupa is located in the Wat Phra Pathommachedi Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan (Thai: วัดพระปฐมเจดีย์ราชวรมหาวิหาร), a temple in the town center of Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand.
The original of Phra Prathon Chedi has no historical record, but according to archaeological survey findings date back to the 4th century. Modern Historians believe that the stupa was the principal stupas of ancient Nakhon Pathom, the largest settlement of Dvaravati culture together with the nearby Phra Pathommachedi (Thai: พระปฐมเจดีย์) during the 6th to the 8th centuries.
Phra Pathom Chedi (Thai: พระปฐมเจดีย์) is the highest stupa in the world with a height of 127 m. It is located in the town Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The name Phra Pathom Chedi means Holy chedi (stupa) of the beginning. The stupa at the location is first mentioned in scriptures of the year 675, however archaeological ...
Nakhon Pathom province is home to the Phra Pathommachedi, a chedi commissioned by King Mongkut (Rama IV) and completed by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1870. The chedi is a reminder of the long vanished Dvaravati civilization that once flourished here and by tradition Nakhon Pathom is where Buddhism first came to Thailand. [5]
South Korea: Bulguksa, Three Jewel Temples; Thailand: Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho, Wat Doi Suthep, Phra Pathom Chedi, Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, Wat Phra Phutthabat, Wat Phra Thaen Dong Rang (Buddha Death bed), Chedi Phukhao Thong, Phra Pathommachedi; Tibet བོད: Pǔtuó Shān, Potala Palace, Mount Kailash, Lake Manasarovar, Lake Nam-tso.
' temple on ginger farm ') is another prominent and notable temple in Nakhon Pathom province in addition to Wat Phra Pathom Chedi, which is the provincial temple. Wat Rai Khing is located along the Tha Chin River (known locally as Nakhon Chai Si River), Tambon Rai Khing , Sam Phran district on Petchkasem Road , west of Bangkok.
The king ordered the digging of a khlong to be used as a path to worship Phra Pathom Chedi, the khlong separate from Nakhon Chai Si River (Tha Chin River) at Nakhon Chai Si District, straight to Phra Pathom Chedi at Mueang Nakhon Pathom District, total distance is about 18 km (11.2 mi). But the excavation was not completed, the project director ...
Ye dharma hetu is also found in Thailand including the stupa peak found in 1927 from Nakhon Pathom [10] along with a wall of Phra Pathom Chedi and a shrine in Phra Pathom chedi found in 1963, [11] [12] a brick found in 1963 from Chorakhesamphan township, U Thong district of Suphanburi, [13] stone inscriptions found in 1964 [14] [15] and the ...