Visit the church and pay respect to the Sukhothai-era Buddha statue.

#triptravelchina 🙏Wat Nakhon Chum was built in the Sukhothai period. Locals call it Wat Yai because it used to be the place for the water pouring ceremony and was the provincial temple of the old city of Phichit. 👨👩👦👦The name of Wat Nakhon Chum means a gathering place for people. 🏠The old temple used to be the place for Luang Pho Phet, an important Buddha image of Phichit. The old temple was damaged and is now a new one with Luang Pho Phan as the principal Buddha image. 🏘Later, this temple was combined with Wat Khema Phirataram, which was adjacent and abandoned. As a result, the old chapel of Wat Khema Phirataram, which is in the Sukhothai style and is no less than 800 years old, became the chapel of Wat Nakhon Chum today. 🏠This old chapel is built of bricks and plastered with cement. The upper part is made of wood, using wooden studs instead of nails. Holes were drilled in the walls instead of windows, similar to chapels and temples from the Sukhothai period. It used to be the place of enshrining two Buddha images: Luang Pho Phet (Wat Tha Luang) and Luang Pho Phan. 🙏Currently, the principal Buddha image in the chapel is a Sukhothai-era Buddha image that has been repaired and re-gilded. In the past, it was the principal Buddha image in the water pouring ceremony of Phra Pipat Satya. 🏕 Wat Nakhon Chum is the only temple in the old city of Phichit that is not an abandoned temple. The villagers have used it as a place to make merit. ♨️ Wat Nakhon Chum: 146 Village No. 8, Phichit-Sam Ngao-Wang Chik Road, Mueang Kao Subdistrict, Mueang Phichit District, Phichit Province 🎯Coordinates: https://maps.app.goo.gl/eanETjN7ZZLqRpwA8 🕕Opening - closing hours: 06.00 - 18.00 hrs. #Phichit #VisitPhichit