Wat Mahathat Worawihan a cikin Ratchaburi, haikali mai cike da tarihi mai ban sha'awa
Wat Mahathat, wanda kuma aka sani da sunan Wat Na Phra That ko Wat Sri Rattana Mahathat, tsohon haikali ne da ke kan titin Khao Ngu, Tambon Nha Muang, a cikin biranen lardin Ratchaburi. An yi imanin cewa an gina ginin tun a zamanin Dvaravati, a kusan karni na 15-16 na zamanin Buddhist.
Daga baya, a kusan karni na 13, an gina wani wurin ibada na Khmer ko Lop Buri a saman haikalin don zama tsakiyar birnin, bisa ga imanin Khmer, dangane da duniya. A farkon lokacin Ayutthaya, a kusan karni na 15-16, an gina sabon Phra Prang saboda fargabar cewa wurin ibadar zai ruguje, wanda ya haifar da tsarin gine-gine mai cike da rudani.
Hakanan akwai abubuwa masu ban sha'awa a cikin haikalin, kamar Wihan Luang inda Phra Mongkhon Buri ke dawwama. Wannan mutum-mutumin Buddha na stucco yana da faɗin 8 Sok 1 Khuep kuma yana cikin yanayin mamaye Mara. Yana da salo na musamman na Pre-Ayutthaya tare da fuskar salon Sukhothai, doguwar jiki da gajerun gwiwoyi. Bayan bayan mutum-mutumin, akwai wani mutum-mutumi na Buddha da ke fuskantar yamma, wanda ke nufin neman albarkar Buddha don guje wa haɗari daga gaba da baya. Don haka, ana kuma kiran mutum-mutumin Phra Raksamueang, Buddha mai tsaro na birnin, bisa ga imanin mutane a zamanin Ayutthaya.
Haikalin kuma yana ƙunshe da bangon iyaka da aka yi da bangon baya da wani stupa mai suna Prang mai tsayin mita 24. Babban prang da sauran prangs masu jagora zuwa kudu, yamma da arewa suna kan tushe guda. An yi wa hadadden kayan ado da kayan gyaran gyare-gyare na stucco kuma akwai wani katafaren riga mai bango a ciki. Hotunan bangon bangon da ke saman bangon suna nuna jeri na Buddha na farko suna zaune a cikin niches. Hotunan da ke cikin ƙananan ɓangaren suna nuna rayuwar Buddha. An zana waɗannan zane-zane kuma an sake gyara su a daidai lokacin da aka gina Prang tare da mayar da su, a kusan karni na 17.
Akwai wata hanya da gidan sufi a kusa da hadadden Prang tare da mutum-mutumin Buddha da aka gina a zamanin Dvaravati, Lop Buri da Ayutthaya. Mutum-mutumin Buddha da ke kwance yana gaban Phra Prang. Mutum-mutumin Buddha siminti ne, wanda aka gina a zamanin Ayutthaya, yana da tsayin 127 Khuep 9 inci. Har ila yau, wannan haikalin yana da gidan kayan gargajiya mai tuluna a salo daban-daban da sauran kayan tarihi na tarihin haikalin.
Baya ga sha'awar kyawawan gine-gine da zane-zane, baƙi kuma za su iya jin daɗin yanayin kwanciyar hankali na haikalin da kewayen lumana.
Wat Mahathat Worawihan wata babbar alama ce a Ratchaburi kuma sanannen wuri ga masu yawon bude ido da mazauna yankin masu sha'awar tarihi da al'adun Thailand.
Don isa can: ɗauki hanyar zuwa Ratchaburi National Museum; sannan ku juya hagu ku tafi kai tsaye zuwa kimanin mita 200.