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Wat Phra That Narai Cheng Weng

TIME : 2016/2/17 17:01:36

About 5km west of town at Ban That is an 11th-century Khmer prang (known as Phra That Nawaeng, a contraction of the words Narai Cheng Weng) in the early Bapuan style. Originally part of a Khmer-Hindu complex, it's missing much of its top, but still features several good carvings including a Krishna fighting a lion over its northern portico and a dancing Shiva (with 12 arms instead of the normal 10) over its eastern one. It's not very impressive or evocative, but it's the most complete Khmer ruin in the province.

To get here by public transport take sŏrng·tăa·ou 3 (10B) from near the market or catch it heading north on Th Ratpattana. Get off at Ban That Market and walk 500m south.