Wat Srisa Thong is a temple dedicated to Rahu (Hindu God who causes lunar and solar eclipses by swallowing the moon or the sun, and is often depicted swallowing the sun).
Entrance gate on hwy1 = Phetchkasem (opposite Mahadev Foundation, see previous post), from there it's about 1 km by road to the temple.
The central Rahu statue. Everything associated with Rahu is usually colored in black (black candles, black flowers, black rice as donation):
There are buildings that are intricately decorated outside and inside. Aerial pictures by drone provided by a friend.
The only barrel vault I know in a Thai Wat. Interior decoration is not finished yet.
Sitting Buddha statue carved from sandstone:
Richly decorated windows behind the sitting Buddha statue:
Aerial view of entire temple complex:
Random pictures:
Accessibility: railway line runs past the temple, but there is no stop nearby. Vans and buses to Nakon Pathom run past main gate (about 1 km walk to temple) and did stop there to let me out.
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