Wat Rangjan Pagoda

Terrain

General Condition

Wat Rangjan Chedi is an abandoned ancient site. Located on U-Thong Road (Highway 324) within the Nong Khao Subdistrict The east side of the chedi is adjacent to U-Thong Road. The north and south are the shoulders of the road. On the west side is a banana plantation. (private land)

Characteristics of the area of ​​Tambon Nong Khao is a mound of soil in a river basin. Around the hill there are traces of a small river. At present, there is an irrigation canal flowing 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 chedi is located 8.5 kilometers north of the Mae Klong River.

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Mae Klong River

Geological conditions

The characteristics of Nong Khao Sub-district is a mound in the Mae Klong River Basin caused by the accumulation of sediments during the Holocene period.

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Wat Rangjan Chedi is an abandoned pagoda. The exact history is unknown. looks like a small chedi twelve wooden recess (Approximately 1 meter on each side) Brick masonry, generally deteriorated condition. Although it has been well taken care of by the community and the plaster surface is still quite intact. (It would have been restored later) The shape of the base is a lotus base overlapping 3 layers (the lower part of the lotus base, the lowest layer sinking in the ground), next up is a bell body (with 3 colors of cloth tied around it). The throne, the lotus flower, and the bottom part of the joint? The piece above it was broken. (Currently a lamp is installed at the top) the only height that remains today. From the ground to the top about 3 meters. From the aforementioned architectural style, it is assumed that this chedi may have been built in the Ayutthaya period.

Currently, the area surrounding the chedi has been renovated to make it a sacred place for the community. There is a rough brick fence. Planting ornamental trees, installing lamps, setting up a wooden court, cement court, and installing signs. "Luang Chedi Than Thao Chan" is on the side of the chedi. (North side) the side adjacent to U-Thong Road (East side) There are tables and various offerings.

The history of 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, namely 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. (There is evidence at the Thung Khu in the present Nong Khao Subdistrict) until the village was destroyed. Only the remains of temples and pagodas remain. 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.”