This monument is at Tha Miram intersection in
Phatthalung municipality. Records show that Phraya Thukrat was a monk
named Phra Maha Chuai who resided at Wat Pa Lilai during the reign of
King Rama I. When the Nine Armies War took place, Phra Maha Chuai
rallied villagers to help Phraya Phatthalung defeat Burmese forces.
When he left the monkhood, he was appointed by the king to be Phraya
Thukrat to help the city lord. His title of Phraya was of the same
level as the city lord.
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