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Chainat Bird Park is 4 kilometres before reaching Chainat. More than 100 bird species live in a large aviary designed to maintain a natural environment. The park also has an aquarium featuring freshwater fish found in the Chao Phraya River. Shops in the park sell local products such as bird models, wickerwork and pomelos.
On 17 October B.E. 2451, King Chulalongkorn traveled by rail to Nakhon Sawan to inspect an old waterway. He then boarded the royal boat Krut Hiran Het to inspect the Makham Thao River (Tha Chin River) and had a meal at this temple.
Wat Khao Tha Phra is in Mueang Chainat District at the foot of Khao Tha Phra. A replica Buddha footprint is on the summit. The temple holds an annual celebration and gold-leaf offering for the footprint on the full moon of the third lunar month, which coincides with Makha Bucha Day.
The temple has been a landmark of Chai Nat since the Ayutthaya period. It stands on the slope of Thammamun Hill beside the Chao Phraya River in Thammamun Subdistrict, about 8 kilometers north of Mueang District.
This temple sits in dense woodland of tall yang trees, where many monkeys live.
The museum is a two-storey building in an applied Thai style. The upper floor displays votive tablets from the Dvaravati period through the Rattanakosin period. The lower floor displays Sangkhalok Buddha images, tools and household objects, and ornaments dating from the Dvaravati through Rattanakosin periods.
Wat Karuna is near the Chao Phraya Dam, opposite the dam’s reception house. It houses a highly revered Buddha image known as Phra Phuttha Maha Sila or Luang Pho Hin Yai. The source describes it as the largest sandstone Buddha image in Chainat Province.
The statue stands in front of Sankhaburi District Office. The source calls Khun San the “Hero of the Noi River Basin” and describes him as a Bang Rachan leader who fought Burmese forces to defend Thailand, winning seven battles. It calls him the district’s first national-defense volunteer 223 years ago. The statue is 2.50 m high. Its inauguration and celebration took place on 19 January B.E. 2526 (1983), and the district holds an annual ceremony to pay respect to Khun San’s spirit on that date.
This is a second-class royal monastery and an old temple that has been part of the local community since the early Ayutthaya period. Its principal chedi, built in the U Thong architectural style, houses relics of the Buddha.
Chao Phraya Dam was the country’s first large dam. It is at the Bang Krabian bend in Bang Luang Subdistrict.
Classic Car Caravan is described as Thailand’s first standard campsite for motorhomes. It also has a restaurant and a café.
Wat Phichainawat, also known as Wat Ban Chian, is an ancient temple in Ban Chian Subdistrict. It is believed to date from the middle Ayutthaya period and to be at least 300 years old. Its ordination hall stands in the middle of a pond and houses the principal Buddha image, Luang Pho To, in the Palelai posture.
Wat Klai Kangwon is an ancient temple from the Lopburi period. After falling into ruin, it was restored around B.E. 2510 (1967).
Phra Kaeo is an ancient temple. Its grounds include a tall Lopburi-style chedi combined with a late Dvaravati-style chedi.
The temple is about 300 metres beyond Wat Mahathat. According to the account on the page, brothers Chao Ai, Chao Yi and Chao Sam were involved in a struggle for the throne after Chao Sam encouraged the two older brothers to fight. Both Chao Ai and Chao Yi died, and Chao Sam became ruler. He built a prang in honour of Chao Ai and a chedi for Chao Yi. The temple is believed to have been built 600 years before Ayutthaya.
The farm includes several kinds of animals, including crocodiles, tigers, deer, stingrays and various birds.
The temple has several valuable structures: twin bell towers, an old Chinese-style pavilion more than 100 years old, and a Tripitaka library measuring 8 metres wide by 9 metres long. The library stands in the middle of a pond and is built in a traditional Thai style.