Surat Thani City Pillar Shrine

Opening days: Daily

Opening hours: 08.00 - 17.00

 

Surat Thani City Pillar Shrine Built for Nomklao to pay homage and honor On the auspicious occasion of the 50th anniversary of His Majesty the King's accession to the throne on June 9, 1996 and for the auspicious occasion It is a triumph of Laming Kwan as well as being the center of the mind of the people of Surat Thani Province. Designed by a team of technicians from the Fine Arts Department. with an emphasis on the look of the original local architecture Influenced by Lanka, Java and Khmer harmony There is a pattern according to Srivichai art.

 

The city pillar consists of the top of the city pillar carved from Ratchaphruek wood. It is the face of the four-faced Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. Turning his face to all four directions, like carving a four-faced Brahma on the top of a general city pillar. and at the boxing match, the hair is carved into a meditative Buddha image. along with beautifully lacquered and gilded The city pillar was carved from Ratchaphruek wood as well. It looks like a large round pillar with a height of 108 inches and a diameter of 20 inches.

 

As for the shape of the court, it was built into a rectangular tetrahedron. The Mondop is built as the main chedi with 5 tiered tiered tops. Next down is a roof overlapping into 4 tiers of mondop descending, each tier having a retinue chedi. The roof has a square base, 5.10 meters high, 2.10 meters wide, decorated with stucco designs in Srivijaya style, painted in gold, carved lotus patterns on jackfruit petals on all 4 sides, and has summoned the symbol of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Throne, decorated on all 4 sides.

 

Inside the shrine, the walls and floors are decorated with cream marble. The interior ceiling is made of teak wood, the lotus trim is lacquered and gilded, designed in two layers, while the ceiling of the entrance arch is teak wood, consisting of gilded lotus trim and gilded as well. The interior is decorated with a chandelier in the middle and a ceiling lamp by Around the city pillar, carved with Ratchaphruek wood.

 

which is auspicious wood The top is a four-faced Brahma carved figure. It is lacquered and gilded surrounded by 4 replica city pillars, situated on a black granite base. Received the city pillar by sculpting the pattern on the first floor on an octagonal base. It was an elephant in an arch, size 8, lacquered and gilded. The 2nd floor was sculpted into a lotus-nail, elephant-nail, lacquered-gilded, entrance door inside the shrine. It is a double door made of glass carved in a pattern of a giant and a giant standing in front of the door, going in and out with bright colors. In addition, the light channel around the court It is a glass engraved with patterns and bright colors as well.

 

The City Pillar Shrine is very distinctive. Because it is located in the center of the green lawn and the surrounding ornamental plants. Like being placed on a carpeted floor on an area of ​​​​7 rai, there are roads around the area on 4 sides, overlooking the shrine. beautiful in every aspect The surrounding area of ​​the court

 

Make a 2-level courtyard floor before entering the City Pillar Shrine from the surrounding ground floor level. Make a sloping retaining wall, the surface is covered with gray granite. Up to the ground floor, the first floor is decorated to be all lawns. The rest is a walkway leading up to the second floor courtyard, which is lined with creamy white gramnit tiles. Surrounded by the ground of the yard with a pick-up plant. border decorated with lotus Golden Swan Bollard.