Wat Thammikarat (Wat Dhammikaraj) is located on the east of the ancient palace. Being built before the founding of Ayutthaya, the royal temple of the Maha Nikai was initially named Wat Mukaraj.
When King Sai Nam Phueng had Wat Phanan
Choeng built, his son, King Dhammikaraj, ordered the temple to be built in the old city area, which was formerly known as Mueng Sangklaburi before the foundation of Ayutthaya.
In 1610, Somdet Phra Boromma Trailokkanat restored the temple and had a large nine room vihan, the 'Harn Song Dhamma', built for listening to sermon on Buddhist Sabbaths. The vihan once housed a bronze head of Buddha dating back to U-Thong period. The head was removed by the Fine Arts Department and is now kept at Chao Sam Phraya Museum.
In addition, there is a vihan with a reclining Buddha image, which was ordered to be built by the Queen following the fulfilled wish for the princess's recovery from illness. The reclining
Buddha is 12 meters long, facing north. The toes are covered with gold leaf and ...
Lopburi province is home to the biggest sunflower fields in Thailand. Every year thousands of acres are filled with this beautiful bright yellow flower, that is in blossom between November and January. The largest fields are located in the Phatthana Nikom district, a little over 40 kilometers East of the provincial capital.
The sunflowers are a beautiful sight and have become an important tourist attraction, the sunflowers are grown to produce sunflower oil used for cooking and for their seeds, that are also eaten as a light snack.
The farms also also feature small farmers markets. You can buy locally grown produce on sight as a way to support the local farmers.
This is one of the top 5 things to do in Lopburi and is very popular for the Thais to visit during the cooler months when the sunflowers are in full bloom.
Sunflower Fields & Farmers Market - Rural Lopburi - With Drone Footage - Thailand 2025
Wat Wang Daeng Tai (วัดวังแดงใต้), situated on the Pa Sak River about 20 km north of Ayutthaya city island in Tha Ruea District, is an active temple cherished for karma-release rituals and powerful protective amulets.
Its roots reach back to the late Ayutthaya period (late 17th–early 18th century), but the present temple was formally founded in 1777 AD during the reign of King Taksin the Great by Mon-speaking villagers forcibly resettled from Phichit after the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767 AD.
Built with salvaged Ayutthaya bricks, it became a spiritual refuge for displaced communities.
In 1957 AD, King Bhumibol Adulyadej personally consecrated its boundary stones, elevating it to full royal temple status.
The heart of the complex is the old Ubosot Maha Udom, a late-Ayutthaya brick hall (partially roofless until restored in 2012) that houses a revered 200-year-old Subduing Mara Buddha image used for karmic-unblocking ceremonies. Faint Unalom yantras still trace the walls.
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Wat Chantaburi, once known in local records as Wat Lao or Wat Yuan, stands on the western bank of the Pa Sak River in what was once the heart of old Saraburi, the original settlement that existed long predated the modern provincial town.
Although the temple received its formal name and wisungkhamasima boundary during the reign of King Chulalongkorn in the 1890s AD, its principal structure, the brick ubosot, dates from much earlier.
Construction of that ordination hall began around 1833 AD, in the reign of King Rama III, when families of Lao Yuan people (descendants of migrants forcibly relocated from the Vientiane region and the old kingdom of Lan Xang after the suppression of the Anouvong rebellion in 1828 AD) were resettled along the Pa Sak to cultivate rice and dig irrigation canals.
The ubosot is built entirely of small, dark-red handmade bricks laid in lime mortar and raised on a low laterite platform to guard against river floods. It displays the graceful sweeping rooflines and restrained ...
