Attractions Amphoe Phanat Nikhom

Phra Phuttha Ming Mueang (พระพุทธมิ่งเมือง) is an engraved Buddha image out of Padauk wood in the posture of subduing Mara. It is the Laotion art, constructed in 1828 by the Laotians who immigrated in to this area. Originally, the image was enshrined in an abandoned temple, called "Wat Pha Khao Yai", which is assumed to be an ancient temple, the first to be constructed in the Phanat Nikhom area. Later, Phanat Nikhom Municipality Office renovated the temple and its compound ,as well as built a Wihan as a residence of the wooden Buddha image at the location where the original Ubosot had been. At present, it is near the community centre of the Phanat Nikhom Municipality Office.



Ho Phra Phanatbodi (หอพระพนัสบดี) is situated in the middle of a pond , opposite the Phanat Nikhom Municipality office, Muaeng Kao Road,Soi 1. It is a place where a replica of Phra Phanatbodi is enshrined. It is a dignified standing Buddha image in the blessing posture of the Dvaravati period, whose age is approximately 1,200-1,300 years. It was elaborately engraved out of a delicate black stone. The image is standing on a mythical creasure whose characteristics are a mixture of a garuda, a bull and a swan.