Mae Nang Pluem Temple - Built in 1377 - Ayutthaya Thailand

Wat Mae Nang Pluem วัดแม่นางปลื้ม

Mae Nang Pluem Temple was originally called ‘Nang Pluem’ Temple or ‘Som Pluem’ Temple. It is believed to be built in B.E. 1920 (A.D. 1377). The spot on which the temple is located had been the area that a Burmese troop settled a camp when they came to cordon Ayutthaya City. The hill on which the Burmese troop set a camp one still appears and is called ‘Khok Phama (Myanmar Hill)’.

The art style of the principal pagoda of the temple leads to the assumption that this temple might have been built in the same era as Thammikarat Temple and Maheyong Temple because it is a bell-shaped pagoda in Ceylonese style on the base surround by mythical lion statues.

Inside the temple, there is the principal pagoda built on a high base the lower base is surrounded by mythical lion statues. The base is in the style of a lotus and is decorated with a lotus and melon motif which is a Khmer-Lopburi art style.

The monastery bears the name of a certain Lady Plum, an old woman being visited by
King Naresuan one night, following a local legend. The old lady took care of the king without knowing his identy after he was caught in a heavy rainstorm. For her kindness His Majesty ordered a place for the old woman in the palace, and had her served and cared for till the end of her days as if she had been his own mother. At her death she was also cremated as a queen.

The name of this temple is also mentioned in the Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya related to a
herd of elephants which showed up close to the monastery and were rounded up near
Wat Song around the end of 1548, beginning 1549.

Seeing how temples can be restored like this and used again makes you wonder why more of these ruins are not restored like this one it would make it possble for thais and foreign toursits to be able to experience more of Thai history.

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