Kukuratanaram Temple

Terrain

General Condition

Kukuratanaram and Wiang Nua Temples It is located on a hillside area along the Mekong River where sediment deposits have occurred along the Mekong River. At present, on the mound is a community in Pakho Subdistrict Municipality. There are houses and buildings that are dense. to the south is a field The nature of the area is a plain caused by the deposition of sediment from the river and Huai Phang Phon. (Wiang Nua is located between Huai Phang Phon and the Mekong River)

Currently, Wat Kukuratanaram is located about 200 meters south of the Mekong River and about 150 meters from Huai Phang Phon to the north and east.

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Mekong River

Geological conditions

Mekong River sediment deposition during the Holocene period

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Kukuratanaram Temple or Wat Kai Kaew a rat temple Affiliated with Maha Nikaya According to the history, it was built in 1923 and was granted Wisung Kham Sima in 1993. Inside the temple, there are ancient ruins that are assumed to be religious sites of the ancient city of Wiang Nua.

The area in front of the temple's chapel or northeast There is the remains of a small pagoda, which the villagers call it. "Kaikaew Element", the condition is broken, leaving only the base part Currently, the temple has built a small pavilion to cover this base.

The appearance of the base of the pagoda has an octagonal base. It was made of bricks and mortar, about 1.5 meters wide, and about 1.5 meters high as the remains of the present. The base is a one-tiered base. At the corner of the base of the chedi on one side, a stucco pattern resembling an inverted lotus petal remains. It shows the influence of Lan Xang art very well. Therefore, this ancient site should have been built around the 22nd-24th Buddhist century. On the north side, next to the chedi, there is an altar. Made of bricks

Wiang Nua appeared in the legend of Phra Orangkathat as Phra Rattana Thera and Chulalongkorn Thera brought 3 fang relics to be enshrined at Phon Chik Wiang Nhua. Which is believed to be in the area of ​​Ban Khok Pa Fang, Pakho Subdistrict, Mueang Nong Khai District, Nong Khai Province (the words "Nua" and "Ko" both have the same meaning). Mekong River Basin in Nong Khai including Phu Phra Bat in Udon Thani Province Even the plot from the story of U-Sa-Baros, there is that Thao Barat's city is in Pakho, Wiang Kuk and may be related to the story of Phra Unarudha. who is the grandson of Lord Krishna (Pang one of Phra Narai), whose accent in Isan legend is Phra Kud Narai

Most scholars assume that the Wiang Nua area is an old city from the Chenlabok period or in the Khmer period. Because there are many ancient ruins and artifacts in the Pakho and Kulen periods in the city, including temples, stone carvings and stone sculptures. including ancient remains in Wat Khok Pa Fang (Wat Phra That Phon Chik Wiang Ngua), but the current ancient site has been destroyed and the area has been modified until the original structure remains. Some temples have plastered over the idol to make a Buddha image. and believe that some of the influence of Khmer art has been sent to Phra That Phon Chik Wiang Nhua.