Rahu Temple, Tor. 2

Terrain

General Condition

Rahu Temple is an abandoned ancient site. Located in Si Satchanalai District in the area of ​​Si Satchanalai Historical Park The terrain is the Yom River basin. The foothills of Phra Si and Khao Yai are located outside the city of Si Satchanalai about 150 meters to the west, about 300 meters from Pratu Phi Gate or Saphan Chan Gate to the south, about 100 meters from Wat Sa Khai Nam to the east, away from the Yom River. Come to the west for about 1 kilometer in front of the temple facing northeast. or turn towards Si Satchanalai town.

Most areas of Sukhothai are plains. The north and south of the province are characterized by plateaus. Khao Luang is the highest mountain. Measured from sea level, it has a height of about 1,200 meters, with a long mountain range on the west side. The central area of ​​the province is a plain. The Yom River flows from north to south. through Si Satchanalai District Sawankhalok District Si Samrong District Mueang Sukhothai District and Kong Krailas District The period that flows through Sukhothai is approximately 170 kilometers long.

Si Satchanalai is located in the northernmost part of Sukhothai Province. having territories adjacent to neighboring territories as follows:

1. North:connects to Wang Chin and Denchai districts. (Phrae Province)

2. East:connects to Laplae and Tron districts. (Uttaradit Province)

3. South, connects to Srinakhon District Sawankhalok District and Thung Saliam district

4. The west is connected to Thoen District. (Lampang Province)

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Yom River

Geological conditions

Geological features in Si Satchanalai District The condition is Shale, Olive or Gray to Dark Gray, found in large pieces from the area. In addition, it was found that limestone (Limestone) pale color, fine texture, inserted in the middle of Huai Mae San watershed as well.

The agronomic characteristics It is almost all residual soil. Because most of the area is a mountainous area with steep slopes. Therefore, this soil unit is classified as a slope complex. The resulting soil is a stationary soil with relatively good soil development. These soils have mixed forests. cover in general The humidity is quite high.

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Rahu Temple is located outside the city wall of Si Satchanalai on the west side. near the moon bridge gate The temple faces to the northeast. No evidence of creation both in documents and inscriptions The name of Rahu Temple is the name that the villagers call. because the face of time has been found stucco Similar to Rahu Moon, according to the familiarity of the villagers.

Important ancient sites within the temple include

1) The main chedi is a lotus bud shaped chedi. It consists of a chopping board base in front of a square board with 4 layers stacked up to support the base of the double breasted glass beads. Twenty 2-storey wooden recessed slat base, twenty wooden recessed element houses, respectively. The lotus-shaped bell was almost completely destroyed. The size of the lowest base is about 13.5 x 13.5 meters, the highest elemental house is about 18 meters.

2) Vihara is a laterite building. The building plan is rectangular in size, 7 rooms, with a porch extending both in the front and at the back, 1 room on each side. The walls of the viharn are made of laterite, plastered into a wall with rectangular balustrades. right side of the temple There is a line of monks At the base of Chukchi at the end of the viharn there are traces of overlapping 2 times. There are 4 stairs going up and down the Viharn. The size of the viharn is about 12 meters wide and about 28 meters long.

3) The amulet arch is around the pagoda, there are 5 arches, 2 front facades, 1 arch per side and 1 back facade. The arch size is approximately 3x3 meters.

4) Chedi Rai is located behind the main chedi. It is a circular pagoda with total 5 pieces.

The wall of the temple is a rectangular laterite stick placed close together around the temple area. Leave the entrance and exit holes in the middle of each side.