Phanan Choeng Worawihan Temple Located at Moo 2, Khlong Suan Plu Sub-district Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province Is a royal monastery, the master class of the Worawihan type, Mahanikai style. Or Luang Pho Sam Peeling Which is the largest Buddha image in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya

Phanan Choeng Temple is a temple with a long history. Construction before the establishment of Ayudhya And there is no clear evidence of who created it According to the book of the North Chronicles, said Lord Nam Phueng is the creator. And given the name Wat Chao Phra Nang Choeng And the royal old chronicle Royal Prasert Aksornitit said that Has established the Buddha image of Phangngeng in the year 1867, which before U-Thong was established in Ayutthaya until 26 years

Lord Buddha Or Luang Pho Sam Peeling Is a large Buddha image And the largest in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, a lap of 20 meters wide and 19 meters high, is a stucco statue of Buddha in Maravijaya. Had been damaged in the time of the city But has been constantly renovated

Until the reign of King Rama V of the Rattanakosin period in 1851, he was completely restored. And gave a new name Lord Buddha Or known among Thai Buddhists as Chinese descent Luang Pho Sam Phing Kham, Phanang Choeng means meaning to sit cross-legged. Therefore, the term Panan Choeng Temple (Wat Prathong Choeng or Wat Phra Phanang Choeng) is referring to the temple of Buddha image sitting in the posture of the Lord Buddha. Big Buddha or Tri Ratana Prime

Or it may be due to the legend of Phra Nang, the necklace of the queen, when the queen of the necklace braved her death. She would sit cross-legged. Because the Chinese people prefer to sit cross-legged, so that the squat is used to call the temple name Some people call it Phra Nang Temple According to the cause of her death, if called by the name of Panan Choeng Temple, it means that there is a sitting Buddha statue sitting on the cross, ie Luang Pho To (based on the historical data of the temple Current)