Wat Khao Phanom Ploeng, Si Satchanalai Historical Park, Sukhothai

Wat Khao Phanom Ploeng, Si Satchanalai Historical Park, Sukhothai Wat Khao Phanom Ploeng is built on a 20 meters high hillock in the north of the town and reached by a laterite staircase from the feet to the top of the hill. Wat Khao Phanom Ploeng appeared in northern historic chronicle about the legend of Sawankhalok town that a hermit name Satchanalai told a local leader name Ba Thammatat that he must choose the location of this town surround Phanom Phloeng hill for use it as the place for fire ceremony. The principal monument is a round Singhalese-style stupa in front of which lies a pavilion, an ordination hall and a vihan. At the back of the stupa are three smaller stupas standing in a row. Between the pavilion and the vihan, there is a stupa which has a laterite niche at the back and is known among the local people as the shrine of the Chao Mae La-Ong Samlee.