Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park, Sukhothai

Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park, Sukhothai Wat Si Chum is remarkable in that its principal monument is a mondop, instead of a stupa or a prang. It was built in the reign of King Sai Lue Thai of Sukhothai kingdom, the hold a large brick and stucco seated Buddha image the “Phra Atchana”. This Buddha image is in the attitude of subduing Mara, 11.40 meters at the lap span. The mondop is a square structure 32 meters in width and 15 meters in height with the walls 3 meters thick. The left wall has a tunnel for walking upward yo the roof found in the left wall over 50 figures engraved on slate stone on its ceiling, depicting the jataka stories with explanatory text in Sukhothai characters. There used to be another tunnel in the right hand wall but this fell down some time past. The roof section, believed to be of wood structure, it no longer in place, leaving the walls standing be themselves. With sections of brick walls that are pierced into cross-shaped air vents. A little further north lies a smaller mondop holding a brick and stucco Buddha image that has been newly repaired.