Si Sa Ket Temples

Amphoe Muang

Phra That Ruang Rong

Phra That Ruang Rong is 8 kilometres away on the Si Sa Ket-Yang Chum Noi Road. The site has a traditional design. The area is used for religious ceremonies and as a museum to display the life of Isan tribes such as Lao, Khmer, Suai, and Yoe.

Amphoe Huai Thap Than

Ban Prasat Sanctuary

Ban Prasat Sanctuary is 39 kilometres from Si Sa Ket town and 7 kilometres on a road on the right. The original Khmer structure was renovated after it was finished. The site now comprises of 3 square pagodas with a pointed top all situated on the same laterite base. All were built in the 11th century.

Amphoe Kantharalak

Chong Don Tuan Pagoda

Chong Don Tuan Pagoda is on a steep cliff in the Phanom Dong Rak mountain range near the Thai-Cambodian border, 8 kilometres from Ban Phumisaron or 38 kilometres from the district office. This small Khmer site has a square pagoda built of brick, a doorway of stone and a lion guarding the entrance.

Khao Preah Vihean Sanctuary

Khao Preah Vihean Sanctuary is a grand historical site and the centre of a Khmer community on the highlands of Cambodia. The site was built during the 11th-12th century and is more than 600 metres above level ground. Though physically in Cambodia, the sanctuary is easier to reach from the Thai side. From Pha Mo I Daeng, there is a 2-kilometre footpath with historical sites lined all the way to the mountaintop. The sanctuary offers a spectacular view of the Cambodian lowlands.

Pha Mo I Daeng

Pha Mo I Daeng is at the end of Highway No. 221, 36 kilometres south of the district office and 98 kilometres from Si Sa Ket town. The area is a wide rock plateau on a high cliff on the Thai-Cambodian border. This is a good spot to view the Phanom Dong Rak range and Khao Preah Vihear Sanctuary 1 kilometre away in Cambodia. A chapel here houses the Nak Prok Buddha image and the oldest Khmer-style bas-relief in Thailand from the 10th century.

Amphoe Khun Han

Tamnak Sai Sanctuary

Tamnak Sai Sanctuary is 19 kilometres from the district office on the way to Samrong Kiat Waterfall. This site is a single square pagoda made of brick while the lintel and the doorway are made of sandstone. A Narai Banthom Sin lintel was discovered here. Two stone Singha (lions) guard the entrance.

Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo

Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo, or Wat Lan Khuat, is about 70 kilometres from Amphoe Muang. The temple is wonderfully decorated with numerous colored bottles.

Amphoe Prang Ku

Ban Samo Sanctuary

Ban Samo Sanctuary is 10 kilometres southeast of Prang Ku. A laterite wall surrounds this small Khmer site. The square pagoda has a lintel above a fake doorway facing the south. An ancient pool lies beyond the wall.

Prang Ku Sanctuary

Prang Ku Sanctuary is 10 kilometres from the district office. Prang Ku is a small Khmer site built of large laterite slabs. It is over a thousand years old. The front part has a large pool that is the habitat of waterfowls in the dry season.

Ta Leng Sanctuary

Ta Leng Sanctuary is at Ban Prasat, Tambon Kanthrarom, 20 kilometres from the district office. A square pagoda adorns the site. The front doorway still has clear, beautiful designs. The sanctuary was built around the 11th-12th century.

Amphoe Uthumphon Phisai

Wat Sa Kamphaeng Noi Sanctuary

Wat Sa Kamphaeng Noi Sanctuary is at Ban Klang, 14 kilometres from the district office on the road to Si Sa Ket. The site consists of a pagoda, a building made of laterite and a pool. Built in the 11th century as a religious place, it received extensions in the 13th century to also become a community medical centre.

Wat Sa Kamphaeng Yai Sanctuary

Wat Sa Kamphaeng Yai Sanctuary is at Ban Kamphaeng, 22 kilometres from Amphoe Muang and 2 kilometres before Uthumphon Phisai District Office. This large Khmer sanctuary has 3 pagodas on the same base. The main pagoda, with its beautiful shape still intact, is the middle one and was built of sandstone and bricks. Lintels, Buddha images, fired clay Buddha image prints, and bronze artwork have been found here. This sanctuary was built in the 11th century as an offering to the god Shiva. It was later transformed into a Buddhist temple in the Mahayana sect in the 13th century.