Ancient Place - Historical of Wat Saphan Hin

Towering Buddha statue

This is one of the temples to the west of Sukhothai, on the hill. It has a very impressive buddha statue with fantastic views over the fields. I cylce here then walked up about 200 steps to get to it, worth the trip i think.

Wat Saphan Hin

The outstretched hand of the buddha shows protection.

I found this to be one of the most, if not the most beautiful buddha images i saw in Thailand. It was so simple, only just shorter than me, but the shape was perfect, and the expression - so full of calm and reasurring contentment. There was still some gold left on the face, and I really liked that someone had placed a golden cloth around the shoulders. I know this is nothing unusual, but it looked so subtle - the evidence that it was a site still cared for, and that someone was dedicated enough to return here and do this.

Buddha