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San Phra Kan

TIME : 2016/2/17 17:03:27

Lopburi's holiest place sits in the old town's roundabout. It has a modern (built 1951) shrine in front of a Khmer-era laterite base from a toppled prang that was previously known as săhn sǒong ('tall shrine'). The principal statue inside is a four-armed Vishnu body in Lopburi-Khmer style with an Ayuthaya-era Buddha head attached.

On the shrine's north side is a monkey feeding station where milk, biscuits, fruit and more are laid out, and to the south a lam dance troupe performs daily. Both activities are done as thanks to the gods after wishes are granted