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a beautiful stucco image of the Buddha walking. The 60 x 90 metre
rectangular wall is made of large rounded laterite columns arranged
closely together. The entrance gate is topped with a spire featuring
the stucco relief faces of Bodhisattva. The Mon-style pagoda known
as Phrathat Mutao is located behind the principal prang tower, outside
the demarcation wall. During excavation in 1992, fragments of gold
plates for decorating the spire of the chedi were found. Mondop Phra
Attharot is located behind the Phrathat Mutao Pagoda. Presumably, it
was originally a mondop housing Buddha images in 4 postures, which
was later altered. A standing Buddha image is present in the roo�ess
mondop, formerly covered with earthen tile roo�ng. The laterite Wihan
Phra Song Phi Nong image hall is located to the left of Mondop Phra
Attharot. On the platform are enshrined 2 stucco images of the Buddha
subduing Mara. From archaeological evidence, Wihan Song Phi Nong
was built upon a former brick structure. To the right features the base
of the Buddha’s footprint. The ordination hall is in front of the wihan.
It underwent a restoration by the temple by constructing a brand new
one over the old ordination hall. The Kuti Phra Ruang Phra Lue Monk’s
Dwelling, aka. Phra Ruang Phra Lue Shrine, resembles a mondop. It
has a wide square base and 4-layered brick mondop roo�ng. Inside is
enshrined a replica of the Phra Ruang Phra Lue statue.
Wat Chang Lom ������������� Located within the old town of Si
Satchanalai, this temple is on the plain, south of Khao Phanom Phloeng.
The prominent landmark of Wat Chang Lom is the bell-shaped chedi of
Ceylonese in�uence situated on a square base inside a square boundary
wall. Its platform is supported by 39 stucco elephant sculptures with 4
of them at the 4 corners elaborately decorated around the necks, thighs,
and ankles. The steps in front lead to the chedi’s circumambulation
platform. Above the platform features niches each enshrining an image
of the Buddha subduing Mara. The wall of the niche features a relief of
the Bodhi Tree behind the Buddha image. However, there is only one
Buddha image left in the north - the rest are ruined. Above the bell
body of the chedi is the square Buddha’s seat or throne upon which
the mast of the chatra arises. The mast is decorated with bas-relief of
Lord Buddha’s 17 noble disciples walking all around. A wihan is located
in front of the principal chedi. In addition, there are 2 smaller wihans
and 2 subordinate chedis. The sculptures of elephants at Wat Chang
Lom here in Si Satchanalai are quite di�erent from those found at other
temples. These represent the free-standing elephants and are taller
than the live elephant, each having a stucco lotus bud in the front.