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Thong Road, 6 – 7 kilometres from Phra Nakhon Si
Ayutthaya, the temple covers an area of approximately 15 rai. There is
no evidence as to when it was constructed and by whom. It is believed
to have existed since the Ayothaya period before the establishment of
the Kingdom of Ayutthaya and must have once been abandoned after the
fall of the Kingdom in 1767, before being renovated in the reign of
King Rama I and has resumed a status as a monastic temple ever since.
Wat Tum has also served as a temple for a war strategy ceremony for at
least 1,000 years presumably since the foundation of Ayutthaya. The
temple houses a special Buddha image of which the top part above the
forehead can be lifted and the head finial known as Ketumala can be
removed. There is a hollow inside the head deep down nearly to the
throat containing drops of seeping drinkable clean water that never
runs dry. It is a bronze crowned and bejewelled image of the Buddha
seated in the gesture of subduing Mara, measuring 87 centimetres in
width and 150 centimetres in height. Originally named “Luangpho
Thongsuksamrit”, the image is currently called “Luangpho Suk” and is of
an unknown origin. The head of the image will be opened on the first
day of each month.Thong Road, 6 – 7 kilometres from Phra Nakhon Si
Ayutthaya, the temple covers an area of approximately 15 rai. There is
no evidence as to when it was constructed and by whom. It is believed
to have existed since the Ayothaya period before the establishment of
the Kingdom of Ayutthaya and must have once been abandoned after the
fall of the Kingdom in 1767, before being renovated in the reign of
King Rama I and has resumed a status as a monastic temple ever since.
Wat Tum has also served as a temple for a war strategy ceremony for at
least 1,000 years presumably since the foundation of Ayutthaya.
The
temple houses a special Buddha image of which the top part above the
forehead can be lifted and the head finial known as Ketumala can be
removed. There is a hollow inside the head deep down nearly to the
throat containing drops of seeping drinkable clean water that never
runs dry. It is a bronze crowned and bejewelled image of the Buddha
seated in the gesture of subduing Mara, measuring 87 centimetres in
width and 150 centimetres in height. Originally named “Luangpho
Thongsuksamrit”, the image is currently called “Luangpho Suk” and is of
an unknown origin. The head of the image will be opened on the first
day of each month.
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