Wat Intharam

Terrain

General condition

Wat Intharam is located on U-Thong Road. (Highway 324) within the Nong Khao Subdistrict The general condition is an urban community. The east side of the chedi is adjacent to U-Thong Road. Next to the community densely populated houses The north side is adjacent to the community. On the south side, next to Wat Intharam School "Kowit Intrathon", the west is adjacent to the irrigation canal. Next to it is an agricultural area.

The characteristics of the area of ​​Nong Khao sub-district is a mound of soil in a river basin. Around the hill there are traces of several small rivers. Currently, there is an irrigation canal running through the community. (May be dug up along the old waterway This irrigation canal connects the Mae Klong River to the reservoir at U Thong District. Suphanburi Province The temple is located 9 kilometers north of the Mae Klong River and 650 meters northeast of the Wat Rangjan Chedi (deserted).

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Mae Klong River

Geological conditions

The condition of the area is a plain along the Mae Klong River. Formed by the deposition of sediments in the Quaternary period.

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

According to the information of the National Buddhism Office stated that Wat Intraram is a royal temple. Under the Maha Nikaya Sangha The temple was founded in 1777 and was granted Wisung Kham Sima in 1977.

Wat Intharam or Wat Nong Khao is very important to Nong Khao Subdistrict. because it is a large temple in the district Evidence of archaeological sites that appear within the temple may be as old as the late Ayutthaya period. However, the archaeological site of Wat Intharam has not yet been declared an ancient site.

The history of the settlement at Ban Nong Khao is When Ayutthaya was the capital Kanchanaburi is a frontier city and an army route. At that time, Nong Khao Sub-district consisted of 2 villages:Dong Rang Village. (There is a village temple, which is Wat Som Yai or Wat Yai Dong Rang) and Don Kradueng Village. (There is a church temple as a temple in the village)

The war with Burma in the late Ayutthaya period, the villagers of the two villages gathered together to fight the enemy bravely. but can't fight (Currently there are traces of a moat about 1 kilometer south of the temple, called "Thung Khu"). The village was destroyed, leaving only the remains of a temple and a pagoda. After the war ended, the villagers fled and gathered around the big swamp. set up a village "Ban Nong Ya Dok Khao"

in the Rattanakosin period Many kings went to Ban Nong Ya Khao. Because it is a route through Kanchanaburi, such as King Rama IV and King Rama 5, he came to Kan and passed Nong Khao as the Rattanakosin Chronicle of Chao Phraya Thiphakonwong said that the next morning on Friday, the 14th night of the waning moon, he departed from the pavilion. Kan city to Ban Nong Khao pavilion stay for one night and wrote in one part of the Diary poem that

“People abound, but they see more than five hundred sitting in front of the tabernacle, writing tables, betel nut, and rustic khan pan. Four-five cylinders of Khao Lam Khao Lam, Khanom Phai, arranged in succession until each other, little by little, sat and waited to offer offerings, surrounded in unison. addressing every page that came, they responded with their voices. Listen to Nana as if with a different accent. Some of them raised their voices against each other.”

Wat Intharam is a temple that is still in use today. Currently, Phrakhru Sangkharak Winai Inwinayo is the abbot.

List of former abbots

1. Phra Bishop Klom held the position of abbot during 1767-1782

2. The bishop is rude served as a pastor during 1782-1804

3. Phra Bishop Phu held the position of abbot during 1804-1854

4. Phra Bishop Chub served as the abbot during 1854-1879

5. Rector Pillow served as a pastor during 1879-1888

6. Bishop Iang served as a pastor during 1888-1893

7. Phra Achan Phat served as the abbot during 1893-1897

8. Bishop Chum served as a pastor during 1897-2401

9. Phrakhru Wattasarasophon (Luang Por Dokmai Pathumratno) served as the abbot during 1901-1904 Later became the abbot of Wat Don Chedi, Phanom Thuan District, Luang Por was a student of Luang Pu Yim, Wat Nong Bua. During his time, he developed the temple to be very prosperous, including renovating the chedi.

10. Phrakhru Jariyaphirat (Luang Por Yan) was the abbot during 1904-1924

11. Phrakru Kowitsutkhun (Luang Por Payom Kowitto) was the abbot during 1924-1983

12. Phrakhru Ladnaen Pusso was the abbot during 1983-1985 He is a Jeki monk who created a very famous sacred object, which is candy.

13. Phrakhru Inthakhunakorn (Luang Por Hub Xiang Chi) was the abbot during 1985-1990

14. Phra Kru Samuthanat served as a pastor during 1990-1992

14. Phra Kru Kanchanavithan (Luang Por Chok Suchato) during 1992-1994 Later, he became the abbot of Wat Dan Makham Tia and the abbot of Dan Makham Tia District.

15. Phrakhru Thavorn Kanchananimit (Luang Por Chirasak Thawaro) during 1994-2010

16. Phrakhru Sangkharak Winai Intwinyo, 2010-Present

Important places within the temple are:

Prang located in front (East side) of the chapel and the back (west side) of the Phra Pa Lelai Temple It is a pagoda in Thai style, made of masonry and plaster, now painted white. The base is a 3-tier chopping board with stairs leading up to the 2nd floor chopping board at the north and south sides. Above is a set of base pads (4-tier lotus base), a relic house with arches in all four directions, a stucco frame in a Naga pattern. Next up is the sunset tier, the top of the prang (7 tiers of castles stacked together), and the northernmost is a lotus flower that is a high dome and a metal napa. The height from the floor to the top is about 20 meters. From the artistic style, this prang may be age in the late Ayutthaya period.

Wihan Phra Pa Lelai It is located on the east side of the Phra Prang. Assumed that it may be restored from the remains of the original viharn. Inside is enshrined a large Buddha image. Pang Pa Lelai What Nong Khao villagers call "Luang Pu To", it is built with ancient stucco on a wooden axis, with a lap width of 2 meters and a height of 7.5 meters. Villagers believe that if they pay homage to Luang Pu To's blessings What you want will be accomplished well.

Around the viharn enshrines a statue of the former abbot of Wat Intharam. On the left-right in front of the viharn, there is a bell tower of bricks and cement on each side. It looks like a small mondop building. The bottom has a doorway in all 4 directions, the upper part is made of a rectangular chedi with recessed corners.

Ban Nong Khao Local Museum It is located in the south of Viharn Phra Pa Lelai. beside the entrance to the temple It is a 2-storey brick and mortar building, currently painted yellow. low gable roof corrugated tile Facing north towards the road inside the temple It was originally the school building of Wat Intharam School. "Kowit Intrathon" was built in 1935.

After 1998, temples, schools and localities joined together to use the aforementioned school building. Established as a local museum of Ban Nong Khao To present the local story of Ban Nong Khao and display the objects collected by the community. It is presented in categories such as history, landscape, way of life, culture and traditions of Nong Khao people.

Jedi 3 amulets, 2 on the east side of the chapel (one on the northeast side, 1 on the southeast side) and 1 on the back or west side of Wihan Phra Palalai (or on the east side) of the Phra Prang), all of them are small brick pagodas. The recessed square, the lion base, the chedi behind the Wihan Phra Pa Lelai and the right side of the chapel are quite dilapidated. From the artistic style, it is assumed that it was built in the Rattanakosin period.

Other important buildings Hall of Worship Built in 1952, inside the enshrinement of Chao Pho Khao Uai. (While surveys are undergoing major renovations) and brick-and-mortar cloisters that should be built around the same time as the pavilion and was restored when 1959-?