Wat Phanan Choeng, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province

Wat Phanan Choeng is a temple with a long history. It was built before the establishment of Ayutthaya and there is no clear evidence of who built it. According to the Northern Chronicles, it was built by King Sai Nam Phueng and named it Wat Chao Phra Nang Choeng. The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya, Luang Prasert Aksornniti version, stated that the Buddha image Phra Phuttha Chao Phanang Choeng was built in 1867, which was 26 years before King U Thong established Ayutthaya. Phra Phuttha Trairattanayok or Luang Pho Sampokong is a large Buddha image and the largest in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya. It is 20 meters wide and 19 meters high. It is a stucco Buddha image in the Mara-Vijaya attitude. It was damaged during the fall of the capital, but has been continuously restored until the reign of King Rama IV of Rattanakosin in 1851, when he ordered a complete restoration and gave it a new name, Phra Phuttha Trairattanayok, or what is known among Thai-Chinese Buddhists as Luang Por Sampokong The word Phanang Cheing means sitting cross-legged. Therefore, the word Wat Phanan Cheing (Wat Phra Naeng Cheing or Wat Phra Chao Phanang Cheing) means the temple of the Buddha image sitting in the Mara-Vijaya posture, which is Luang Pho To or Phra Phuttha Trairattanayok. Or it may have come from the legend of Phra Nang Soi Dok Mak, which is when Phra Nang Soi Dok Mak held her breath and died, she probably sat cross-legged because the Chinese prefer to sit cross-legged rather than folding her legs, so it was used to call the temple's name. Some people call it Wat Phra Nang Ao Cheing, which is the cause of her death. Therefore, if we call the temple's name according to the meaning of the word Wat Phanan Cheing, it means the temple with the Buddha image sitting cross-legged, which is Luang Pho To (referring to the history of Wat Phanan Cheing, the current information of the temple). Information from Wikipedia #Mong takes you there