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Saen Sae Thong Monk Buddha

Saen Sae Thong Phra (พระแสนแซ่ทองคำ)

Place of enshrining: Viharn, Chedi Chao Lang Temple, Ton Thong Chai Sub-district, Mueang District, Lampang Province
Buddha characteristics: Lanna art – Ayutthaya, Mara posture, cross-legged, flat
Dimensions: lap width 9.5 inches, height 15 inches
Material: gold

Saen Sae Thong Phra, Wat Phra Chedi Sao Lang, Muang District, Lampang Province, Phra Saen Sae Thong Phra Saen Sae Thong It is a Buddha image in the subduing Mara posture, cross-legged, gold material, weight 95.5 baht, lap width 9.5 inches, height 15 inches, Lanna style mixed with Ayutthaya, built in the 21st Buddhist century. It is a golden Buddha image. The first to register It is a national antiquities that is currently enshrined as The principal Buddha image in the Viharn, Wat Phra Chedi Sao Lang, August 1983, discovered a pure gold Buddha image in a sugar cane plantation.

Mr. Boonthiam Kruasarn, made of pure gold weighing 100 baht and two salungs. decorated in parts not casting Each part is connected by a latch.including the outer head The inner head and the face, the ear, the arm, the Sangkhati, very finely crafted. Buddha image similar to the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra That Lampang Luang and Phra Kaew Don Tao Later, Mr. Boonthiam Kruasarn brought it to be the property of the land. enshrined in the viharn of Wat Phra Chedi Sao Lang

‘Phao Saen Sae Thong’ ‘Phao Saen Sae’ is a term for an ancient Buddha image that was cast in many parts by the Lanna people. and brought together to form a Buddha image by means of fastening with bolts or pins at various joints In the Lanna language, the latch or rivet is called “Saew” or “Saen” while “Saen” means “very much”. therefore named “Phao Saen Sae” Just as people in the central region call a large Buddha image “Luang Por To”, many temples in the northern region are enshrined in Phra Chao Saen Sae. including Wat Chedi Sao Lang, Muang District, province. Lampang, but Phra Chao Saen Sae at Wat Phra Chedi Sao after this It is a special Buddha image that is different from Phra Chao Saen Sae in general.

According to history, in 1983, villagers unearthed a golden Buddha image and presented it as a treasure of Wat Phra Chedi Sao Lang. It is a Buddha image in the subduing Mara posture, cross-legged, with the characteristics of the Buddha image according to the ancient Chiang Saen craftsmanship. Lanna-Ayutthaya period art Around the 20th Buddhist century, the lap size is 9 and a half inches wide, 15 inches high, made of 95.5% gold, total weight 100 baht and 2 salungs.

This create with a knock-forging process for the whole body can be disassembled into 32 pieces The front and back slaughterhouses were decorated with precious gems. The Phra Nalad is decorated with Nila (a type of gemstone that is dark blue and grey) around 4 Mauli amulets and 1 on the top of the Mauli amulet. These were put together by engraved in different places, thus becoming the ‘Saen Sae’ recipe. In the cavity of the head there is a casket that contains the Buddha’s relics. and can remove the head in layers The amazing thing is Inside the Buddha image is the heart, liver, kidney, gut, which are also made of pure gold and there are also 2 golden palm leaves inscribed with local characters wrapped around the heart pole. And on the kidney, there are 32 characters inscribed.

Phra Chao Saen Sae is the first golden Buddha image to be registered as a national antiquities and on April 15 of every year. There will be an annual tradition Bathing ceremony of Phra Chao Saen Sae Thong and on that day there will be a ceremony to remove the carved opening of the head