Terrain
General Condition
Wat Chom Mani is located on Kaew Worawut Road. (Highway 242) within Nong Khai Province or in Nong Khai Municipality Near the 1st Thai-Laos Friendship Bridge, the surrounding condition is a dense community. The condition of the area is a plain along the Mekong River. Caused by the deposition of sediments in the riverbed.
Height above mean sea level
190 metersWaterway
Mekong River, Huai Wang Hu
Geological conditions
The condition of the area is a plain along the Mekong River. caused by the deposition of sediments in the lagoon during the Holocene period.
Archaeological Era
historical eraera/culture
Rattanakosin period, Lan Xang periodArchaeological age
2098, the 22nd Buddhist century, 1917Types of archaeological sites
religious place, inscriptionarchaeological essence
Wat Chom Mani is a royal temple. Affiliated with Maha Nikaya It was built in 1917 and received the royal way of Wisung Kham Sima in 1990. Important archaeological evidence within the temple is Engraved with 1 digit Thai Noi alphabet, which has been declared an antiquities registration.
Important archaeological evidence within the temple, including 1 main inscription, currently located on a plaster pedestal in front of the left side of the chapel. inside the glass wall A small roof was built to cover the inscription
Inscription of Wat Chom Manee Made of sandstone, the shape is a sema leaf shape, width 70 centimeters, height 110 centimeters, thickness 8 centimeters, inscribed in Thai Noi characters, Thai language on both sides, discovered in 1975, some of the inscription skin has cracked off. Especially on the 2nd side, the rock surface is mostly broken.
The brief content of the inscription on side 1 (the side facing the chapel or facing south) is the royal command of Somdej Phra Borombophit as the overlord. (King Chai Chetthathirat) and his mother (Phra Nang Yod Kham or Phra Nang Hor Soong, the daughter of Phra Mueang Ketklao of the Lanna Kingdom) Empress Dowager) gave Phraya Nakhon and the elders to build this main stone inscription. and help to preserve the religion including determining the boundaries of the land and dedicate the opportunity slave to the temple.
The first line of the inscription on the 1st side indicates the province of 917, which corresponds to the year 2098, which was the reign of King Chaichetthathirath in the Lan Xang Kingdom. (2093-2115)
The inscription on the second side was built during the reign of Phra Maha Thammika Rachathirat. Talks about consecrating land to Wat Mani Chettharam
The name of the king "Phra Maha Thammika Rachathirat" may be the monarch who ruled over the Lan Xang Kingdom during the period. 2141-2165 AD or Phra Chao Suriyawongsa Thammikarat who ruled the Lan Xang Kingdom during 1638-1795 one of them
However, it is unclear whether Wat Chom Manee will be Wat Mani Chettharam as it appears in the inscription. Because the inscription might have been moved from another place. In addition, the archaeological sites and other archaeological evidence have not yet been found. In the area of Wat Chom Mani that is contemporary with inscriptions