Wat Prasat - Chamni District

Prasat Nong Ta Plaeng. Note this review has been added under Wat Prasat as google has not updated the edit for the correct location of Prasat Nong Ta Plaeng as suggested. Location: Chophaka sub-district, Ban Kruat district, Buriram province. The prasat is in the grounds of Wat Prasat (วัดปราสาทเทพสถิตย์) GPS Coordinates (WGS84): N 14.812417, E 102.796826 The Mahayana Buddhist Khmer emperor Jayavarman VII (1181 - ca. 1220 AD) initiated the construction of 121 Vahni-griha or “Houses of Fire” along the routes throughout his kingdom. "Prasat Nong Ta Plaeng" is one of these locations. The sanctuary is located in the grounds of “Wat Prasat” it has collapsed over the years only the northern wall remains but this too is leaning at a precarious angle, unless this section is supported it too will collapse leaving nothing other than a pile of laterite blocks. Seventeen Dharmasala were constructed on the route from Angkor to the Mahayana Buddhist sanctuary in Phimai of which eight are on the Thai side, while the remaining are in Cambodia. The rest houses were built in the Bayon style of late 12th to early 13th century. Spaced approximately 12 to 15 kilometres apart, they were an easy day’s walk from one to the next. Although the rest houses on the longer eastern road from Angkor to Chapa were built in sandstone, these on the Phimai road were in laterite. Seven of the eight discovered Dharmasala in NE-Thailand are made of laterite with only the door- and window-frames made of sandstone. Their size is relatively small: Approximately 4 by 15 meters. The western part is adorned with a spire. Only the southern wall has windows. A pedestal for a religious image can be found inside the western door. The orientation of the eastern door varies from 50.0º to 97.5º - none of them cardinally, straight 90º east. Attached within the photos is a reconstruction of what the “Dharmasala” would have looked like in its full glory (this image was found on the internet not one of my images.