Phra Pathommachedi

Phra Pathommachedi
พระปฐมเจดีย์
Phra Pathommachedi
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General information
Architectural stylestupa
Town or cityNakhon Pathom
CountryThailand
Construction started193 BCE
Completed1870

Phra Pathommachedi or Phra Pathom Chedi (Thai: พระปฐมเจดีย์) is a Buddhist stupa in Thailand. The stupa is located in the Wat Phra Pathommachedi Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan (Thai: วัดพระปฐมเจดีย์ราชวรมหาวิหาร), a temple in the town center of Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand. Phra Pathommachedi is one of the tallest stupas in the world.[note 1] The top of its spire reaches 120.45 meters,[3] with the base circumference of 235.50 meters.

The name Phra Pathommachedi means the first holy stupa,[4] given by king Mongkut. Modern Historians believe that the stupa was one of the principal stupas of ancient Nakhon Pathom, the largest city of the Mon kingdom of Dvaravati in Nakhon Pathom area together with the nearby Phra Prathon Chedi (Thai: พระประโทณเจดีย์) during the 6th to the 8th centuries.

  1. ^ Chihara 1996: 68
  2. ^ Chihara 1996: 253
  3. ^ "พระปฐมเจดีย์". jedeethai.com.
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