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Wat Tai Phra Chao Yai Ong Tue

Wat Tai Phra Chao Yai Ong Tue

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Opening hours: 08.00 - 17.00
 
Wat Tai Phra Chao Yai Ong Tue a rat temple Located at No. 2 Phrom Rat Road, Nai Mueang Subdistrict, Mueang Ubon Ratchathani District There is a temple area of ​​​​9 rai 40 - 3 - 10 wa, near the banks of the Mun River. on the east side nearby places Provincial Electricity Authority Office, Region 2, Region 2, Ubon Ratchathani and Burapha Ubon Municipal School.
   
The meaning of the name of Wat Tai (Wat Tai Thoeng, Wat Tai Tha). In the past, there were two temples in the past, namely Wat Tai Tha (abandoned temple) located on the Mun River. Refers to a temple located near the Mun River. Isan language is called "Tha Nam", meaning the way into the river. Therefore, it is called Wat Tai Tha. The word Tai Tha means a temple that is near the way down to the Mun River or below is south of the pier, (the word Thoeng is a local dialect in the northeastern region. which means high, above or high above.
 
Therefore, Wat Tai Thoeng means The temple located above Next up from Wat Tai Tha near the Moon River. Originally, it would have been named Wat Tai Thoeng for short. Later, in order to convey the meaning of the principal Buddha image in the chapel named Phra Chao Ong Tu. Therefore, the name of the Buddha image was added to the name of the temple. became a temple under the Great God Tue.
 
Wat Tai Thoeng was officially registered on August 9, 1779 and received Wisung Kham Sima on November 29, 1898 by Thao Sittisan and Pia Mueang Saen and the people. had to pay his respects According to the announcement in the Government Gazette No. 103/378 (Khm alphabet stamp) that.
 
Which has a royal command proclaimed to all people, “At the Ubosot, Wat Tai, Mueang Ubon Ratchathani, with a length of 12 wa 1 cubit and a width of 7 wa 1 cubit, Thao Sittisan and Pia Mueang Saen and the people have requested to be Wisung Kham Sima. God is pleased to grant permission. Please let the committee write the words as they wish.
 
His Highness dedicated it as a place for Wisung Kham Sima. Raised to be a department in Tak If from the royal territory It is a scrap for monks from the four directions, performing sacraments, ordination, etc. His Majesty has been announced since November 29, R.S. 117, Phra Buddhasana, 2441, being the date of 10976 in the present reign".
 
1966-1976 Has built a church and has been granted Wisungkham Sima, the 5th installment, number 49, announced in the Government Gazette, Volume 96, Part 196, dated November 7, 1979, dated November 27, 1979, set the area width 40 meters, length 80 meters, Division of Buddhist Religious Affairs, Department of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Education, dated on December 14, 1979'
 
The presiding Buddha image in the ubosot is called big god It is a bronze Buddha image in the subduing Mara posture, lap width 51 inches, height 85 inches (including base). a Buddha statue Beautiful in Thailand and the Northeast is a sacred Buddha image. big god According to the history in Thailand, there are 5 built during the reign of King Chai Chetthathirat. rule Vientiane big god Originally enshrined on the old ubosot pedestal, the base is 70 centimeters high, easy to build.
 
After the old temple was dilapidated Therefore, he was outdoors, exposed to the sun and in the rain for a long time, causing the Buddha image to have cracks. flakes out old people When grandparents and great-grandparents have told each other that "This Tua Buddha image was wrapped in a pompom and covered with bark, crushed rubber, mixed with gel-brick powder, and gold, silver, otter, bronze, silver, and red cross streak. give a sip Chad mixed with tapom and then lacquered and gilded at the city of Ubon Ratchathani and the elders in those days because it is an invaluable treasure that cannot be taken with you. which the Buddha image was made of pure bronze, afraid that it would be carried away by the enemy So I applied a pom pom to cover it. and left it as an abandoned temple for 200 years"'.
 
Later, in the year 1964-1965, at that time, the present Monk Sawat Dassaneeyo was a royal monarch. at the royal dharma kosol Is the abbot of Wat Tai Phra Chao Yai Ong Tue, figure 13, and is currently the abbot of Ubon Ratchathani Province (T) has built a new temple Bringing monks - novices, Tayok - Tayika and villagers near the temple Construction was completed in 1976. When the pedestal of the main Buddha image was completed, the Big Buddha image was raised and enshrined at the pedestal until now. The total age of the Buddha image is about 225 years.
 
Note: The meaning of the word "Tue" is a number of Lanna people or the northeastern region, for example, unit digits-ten-hundred-thousand-thousand-hundred-hundred-million-Koti-Tue-Asongkhai. Uncountable, Buddhists have brought large quantities of gold, silver, otters, bronzes to be cast as magnificent Buddha images. until the invaluable The Buddha image weighs nine hundred thousand baht, so it is called "The Great God Tue" or (Lord Saen Tue). 

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