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Phanomrung Historical Park
Background of Phanomrung Historical
Park.
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Phanom Rung historical park or
phnomrung is situated in Chalermphrakiat
district, Buriram. Far from Nangrong
28 km. Fine Arts Department declared it as
a national historical site in the government gazette
no.52, chapter 75, on 8 March 1935. In the past,
the extinct volcano, Phanom Rung had
turned to a source of plenty water for consuming
through the year for many people and a group of
people who went up there to do the great construction.
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Prasat hin Phanomrung
is a Hindu religious place dedicated to Shiva.
Most constructions were built in the16-18 Buddhist
era, it was contemporary with Prasat Nakorn wat
(Angkor) which was built by King
Suryavarman 2 of Khmer in the 17th Buddhist
era. That was a religious place dedicated to Vishnu
or Narayana. Since Shiva live on his heavenly
dwelling, Mount Kailash, it was necessary to find
the perfect location to build the great construction
in order to be a dwelling of the god, sybolised
Mount Kailash. Prasat Phanom Rung was set on the
rim of an extinct volcano. That was believed the
nearest way to haven. It is located at the south
of the volcano and heads to the east to receive
the ray of the sun, which means the fortunate
beginning and the great power.
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Thap
Lang Narai Banthomsilp
Thap
Lang Narai Banthomsilp refers to Narayana,
one of Hindu gods. Narayana is sleeping on Anantanagaraj
(Mythical Hindu creature) in the milk sea with
Lakshmi Devi who is the goddess of beauty and
his queen serving him in order that he would sleep
peacefully until he wake up to end the eternity
and Brahma, the god, would create the earth and
the whole buildings, then began the new eternity.
Narayana would turn to his long sleep again.
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Walkingway To Phanomrung
The
walkway leads to the first of three Naga bridges.
It is borded by seventy sandstone posts with top
of lotus buds, which had been called Nangriang
posts. This is a pathway to the sanctuary. The
ancient Khmer called Nangcharan posts. If you
put a compass upon it, you will see that the walkway
is correctly laid on the East and the west spindle.
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Attribute
to the brilliant intellectual design and construction
of Phanom Rung, according to the astronomic, consequently,
there are the astonishing spectacular phenomena
that Prasat Phanom Rung allows the ray of the
sun to penetrate the 15 doorway of the sanctuary.
These phenomena can be observed 4 times a year;
the 2 sunrises and the 2 sunsets.
1st, sunsets on 5-7 March: 6.15-6.22 p.m at Phanomrung
2nd, sunrises on 3-5 April: 6.05-6.12 a.m at Phanomrung
3rd, sunrises on 5-7 September: 6.00-6.07
a.m at Phanomrung
4th, sunsets on 5-7 October: 5.50-5.57 p.m at
Phanomrung
These
phenomena will occur in this same period of time
every year. However, it sometimes invisible amid
a bad whether.
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Nangrong hotel
243 Praditpana Rd. Nangrong Buriram 31110
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