Vat ​Nong Si Khoun Muang
​ວັດໜອງ ສີຄູນເມືອງ

"The Temple of the Precious Pond" was founded in 1740 by Nai Chao Hang.. It was built on land reclaimed from a pond that was believed locally to be the eye of a giant naga serpent, Mount Phousi being the back of this naga. The main Buddha image Phra Chao Ong Saensaksit weighs 211kg and is highly revered after the statue and its vestments remained miraculously unscathed during a fire in 1774 which destroyed the whole village. It survived another fire in1886. It was originally bought across from Thailand by a rich merchant who planned to take it via the Mekong River to his town, but the raft refused to travel beyond Ban Nong. 
The current sim dates to 1965 after a severe storm caused extensive damage to the older structure.

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