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Amphoe Sankhaburi
Khun San Statue
Khun San is one of the Bang Rachan folk leaders who fought
against the Burmese during the Ayutthaya period. It is taken for
granted that he was a Sankhaburi resident. The statue is 2.5 metres
high, standing in front of the Sankhaburi district office.
Monkeys at Wat Thammikawat
Located in Tambon Pho Ngam, Amphoe Sankhaburi, this temple
is 38 kilometres south of Chai Nat along Route No. 311 (Chai Nat-Sing
Buri route). Its pleasant area next to the Noi River is home to
a number of monkeys.
Wat Mahathat
 This
is an old temple of Mueang Phraek or Mueang San which was an ancient
city dating back to the Dvaravati period. Sankhaburi had been also
an important fort town of the Sukhothai and Ayutthaya Kingdoms.
It is located by the Noi River, 20 kilometres southeast of Chai
Nat along Route No. 340. The temple houses ruined chapels with seated
Buddha images and a distinguish Lop Buri style chedi with a fluted
spire like the petal of a star apple.
Wat Phra Kaeo
This is another ancient temple in Sankhaburi. It is situated
to the south of Wat Mahathat. Its old chedi (pagoda) was constructed
during the Ayutthaya period in harmonious Lop Buri and Dvaravati
styles. In front of the chedi enshrines a seated Buddha image. A
complicated lintel was found inside at the back of the image after
stucco covering the image was broken.
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