Wat Koei Chai Nuea (Borommathat) ( th, วัดเกยไชยเหนือ (บรมธาตุ)), or simply Wat Koei Chai Nuea (), is an old

temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...

and historical site in

Koei Chai 250px, Chum Saeng Hospital Koei Chai ( th, เกยไชย, ) is a ''tambon'' (sub-district) of Chum Saeng District, Nakhon Sawan Province, upper central Thailand. History Koei Chai dates back to Ayutthaya period, at that time it was called ...

Sub-district,

Chum Saeng District Chum Saeng ( th, ชุมแสง, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in Nakhon Sawan province, upper central Thailand. History Chum Saeng is an old district of Nakhon Sawan. The government separated some parts of Mueang Nakhon Sawan district to es ...

, Nakhon Sawan Province upper

central Thailand Central Thailand (Central plain) or more specifically Siam (also known as Suvarnabhumi and Dvaravati) is one of the regions of Thailand, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River. It is separated from northeast Thailand (Isan) by ...

. It is located on the bank of the

Yom River The Yom River ( th, แม่น้ำยม, , ) is a river in Thailand. It is the main tributary of the Nan River (which itself is a tributary of the Chao Phraya River). The Yom River has its source in the Phi Pan Nam Range in Pong District, Ph ...

, where the confluence of rivers Yom and

Nan Nan or NAN may refer to: Places China * Nan County, Yiyang, Hunan, China * Nan Commandery, historical commandery in Hubei, China Thailand * Nan Province ** Nan, Thailand, the administrative capital of Nan Province * Nan River People Given name ...

. The temple dates back to the reign of King

Suriyenthrathibodi Sanphet VIII ( th, สรรเพชญ์ที่ ๘) or Suriyenthrathibodi ( th, สุริเยนทราธิบดี) (1661 – 1709) was the King of Ayutthaya from 1703 to 1709 and the second ruler of the Ban Phlu Luang Dynasty. Su ...

(Sanphet VIII) of Ban Phlu Luang Dynasty in the late

Ayutthaya period The Ayutthaya Kingdom (; th, อยุธยา, , IAST: or , ) was a Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767, centered around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present-day Thailand. The Ayutthaya Kingdom is conside ...

. Its original name is Wat Tha Borommathat (วัดท่าบรมธาตุ). In the temple is an ancient pagoda built in the

Sukhothai period The Sukhothai Kingdom ( th, สุโขทัย, , IAST: , ) was a post-classical Thai kingdom (mandala) in Mainland Southeast Asia surrounding the ancient capital city of Sukhothai in present-day north-central Thailand. The kingdom was foun ...

, it is contained the Lord Buddha's relics and there are museums designed accordingly to Thai style to display potteries, old televisions, irons, old notes, old coins, guns, products made of glass and other ancient utensils. Another interesting thing here is museum of the giant king crocodile "Phaya Dang Koei Chai" (พญาด่างเกยไชย), the place to display the legendary giant crocodile statue named "Ai Dang Koei Chai" (ไอ้ด่างเกยไชย), whose name is the origin of the name of Kei Chai Sub-District. It is believed to be a real crocodile in the reign of King

Chulalongkorn Chulalongkorn ( th, จุฬาลงกรณ์, 20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, titled Rama V. He was known to the Siamese of his time as ''Phra Phuttha Chao Luang'' (พร� ...

(Rama V) of Rattanakosin period, according to the records of Prince

Damrong Rajanubhab Prince Tisavarakumarn, the Prince Damrong Rajanubhab (Thai: ; Full transcription is "Somdet Phrachao Borommawongthoe Phra-ongchao Ditsawarakuman Kromphraya Damrongrachanuphap" (สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธ� ...

. The statue has a body size of 7.60 m (24 ft) in width, 44 m (144 ft) in length and 6.30 m (20 ft) in height. It is currently the largest crocodile statue in Thailand and probably the largest in the world. Inside the statue is a place for worship, for meditation and the showcases for stuffed crocodiles as well as information about the ethnicity of the all crocodiles . This purpose is for education to the young generation, and for the general public to use as the resource of study.

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*{{cite web, url=https://thailandtourismdirectory.go.th/en/info/attraction/detail/itemid/2479, title=Wat Koeichaineua (Borommadhat), work=ThailandTourismDirectory Buddhist temples in Nakhon Sawan Province Ancient monuments in Thailand Tourist attractions in Nakhon Sawan province