Hor Phra Narai

Opening days: Daily

Opening hours: 08.00 - 16.30

 

Hor Phra Narai Located on Ratchadamnoen Road Opposite Shiva Hall is another ancient site of Brahmanism. The original Hor Phra Narai building can no longer be traced to its form.

 

Things found inside the Vishnu Hall include an idol of Vishnu carved from gray sandstone with a hat in the shape of a cylindrical tip and a conch's right hand. Aged around the 10th-11th Buddhist centuries, it is the oldest idol in Southeast Asia.

 

It is now preserved in the National Museum of Nakhon Si Thammarat. The ancient artifacts currently displayed in the Phra Narai Hall are An idol of Vishnu, a replica of the real one found in an archaeological site in Sichon District.