Beautiful Sunday and Sublime Sunday - Prasat Mueang Sing Historical Park, Kanchanaburi !!
This weekend been another beautiful sunny day in Thailand we decided to visit the Mueang Sing (Thai: เมืองสิงห์) is a historical park in Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. It protects the remains of two Angkor Kingdom temples dating to the 13th and 14th centuries.
We drove from Bangkok city which is about a two hour drive to the Historical Park but you can take a train to Kanchanaburi Station then from Kanchanaburi station to Tha Kilen Railway Station and it's about a 30 minute walk from that station or 15 minutes ride on a Tuk Tuk.
Muang Sing Historical Park was declared a historical park in 1987. Built in the Bayon-style, the temples date to the Khmer kingdom in the reign of King Jayavarman VII which was in between the 13th and 14th centuries.
Muang Sing, meaning “Lion City”, is completely surrounded by a laterite wall and besides being a temple dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva, Muang Sing served as a military stronghold, to defend the Khmer empire from attacks from the West.
It was just amazing to be within these walls with so much history surrounding us and how they even built these huge monuments in those days is beyond me and most of the walls still remain standing is amazing.
A interesting fact about Muang Sing , for centuries these temples lay hidden in thick jungle overgrowth and were only uncovered about 50 years ago and only in 1974 the Thai Fine Arts Department started renovation of Muang Sing and in 1987 was made into a national historical park.
I found here exploring the grounds of Prasat Muang Sing was quiet and relaxing , unlike the crowds at Ayutthaya’s temples or Bangkok’s temples, there was only a handful of Thai tourists and foreigners much more fun and enjoyable.
The ruins of the second temple grounds were a little more flat only a bit of the walls remained it had been more destroyed over the time but still had it's beauty.
This was a beautiful stone castle in it's time and severed as the main quarters for the Monks.
Over the years there has been a few Banyna Trees that have grown within the grounds of these temples which has given the temples more character.
Around the outside of the temple grounds are also some other ruins that were once four room shophouses where also the Banyna Trees have taken over.
Banyna Trees have quite a habit of poping up in the most ackward spots but they certainly make a place look ancient.
There are nice boutique hotels and resorts around the area, where you can spend weekend or a night surrounded by the jungle and the River Kwai near by if you wanted to do some water rafting.
There are lots more to see in the nearby are if you did want to spent the weekend i hear the waterfalls are amazing maybe next time i will take up a Bungalo on the River Kwai.
Contact Details
Address : Tambon Sing, Amphoe Sai Yok, Kanchanaburi
Telephone : +66 3452 8456-7
Operating day : All Day
Operating time : 08.00 - 16.30
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We drove from Bangkok city which is about a two hour drive to the Historical Park but you can take a train to Kanchanaburi Station then from Kanchanaburi station to Tha Kilen Railway Station and it's about a 30 minute walk from that station or 15 minutes ride on a Tuk Tuk.
Muang Sing Historical Park was declared a historical park in 1987. Built in the Bayon-style, the temples date to the Khmer kingdom in the reign of King Jayavarman VII which was in between the 13th and 14th centuries.
Muang Sing, meaning “Lion City”, is completely surrounded by a laterite wall and besides being a temple dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva, Muang Sing served as a military stronghold, to defend the Khmer empire from attacks from the West.
It was just amazing to be within these walls with so much history surrounding us and how they even built these huge monuments in those days is beyond me and most of the walls still remain standing is amazing.
A interesting fact about Muang Sing , for centuries these temples lay hidden in thick jungle overgrowth and were only uncovered about 50 years ago and only in 1974 the Thai Fine Arts Department started renovation of Muang Sing and in 1987 was made into a national historical park.
I found here exploring the grounds of Prasat Muang Sing was quiet and relaxing , unlike the crowds at Ayutthaya’s temples or Bangkok’s temples, there was only a handful of Thai tourists and foreigners much more fun and enjoyable.
The ruins of the second temple grounds were a little more flat only a bit of the walls remained it had been more destroyed over the time but still had it's beauty.
This was a beautiful stone castle in it's time and severed as the main quarters for the Monks.
Over the years there has been a few Banyna Trees that have grown within the grounds of these temples which has given the temples more character.
Around the outside of the temple grounds are also some other ruins that were once four room shophouses where also the Banyna Trees have taken over.
Banyna Trees have quite a habit of poping up in the most ackward spots but they certainly make a place look ancient.
There are nice boutique hotels and resorts around the area, where you can spend weekend or a night surrounded by the jungle and the River Kwai near by if you wanted to do some water rafting.
There are lots more to see in the nearby are if you did want to spent the weekend i hear the waterfalls are amazing maybe next time i will take up a Bungalo on the River Kwai.
Contact Details
Address : Tambon Sing, Amphoe Sai Yok, Kanchanaburi
Telephone : +66 3452 8456-7
Operating day : All Day
Operating time : 08.00 - 16.30
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Oh! I haven’t been there yet! You are lucky to get out there!
Truly a beautiful area and so much to do in that area i want to get back there and camp on the River Kwai for a weekend :)
Oh! That would be nice to be able to go back there again! Kanchanaburi is a very old city with lots of stories about fightings and eat with the Burmese.
Several people had told me about their experiences with old army ghosts there!
Hope you can communicate with ghosts and UFOs!
Get the first prize lottery numbers for me!
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I will remember that next time i am down there we will split the winnings...lol :)
But seriously i love the place there is so much to see and do in this province i will definitely be going back.
Ooh that looks like a weekend well spend my friend. Beutiful shots of this historical place.
Thank you my friend it was one awesome day :)
A really great share, hangin. You got a lot of fabulous pictures. Makes me wish I was there:)
Thank you my friend it is a extraordinary place hopefully you can make it over here one day lots to see here :)
Interesting historic place to visit.
FYI, your title has it as "Singh" when it should be "Sing" :-)
Thank you @ace108 Thai's always make there spelling different they spell it both ways ...lol..but i will fix it thanks buddy :)
You're welcome. Because here in Singapore, "Singh" more likely refer to someone with Indian descent which got me curious and look in more detail. :-)
Oh...really on the sign boards at the park it does spell it "Sing" but if you google it they refer to it as "Singh" ...That's google for you ??
Maybe then it is both after all. If so, then check this out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism_in_Thailand
Sikhism in Thailand
Sikhism is a recognised minority religion in Thailand, with about 70,000 adherents. The religion was brought by migrants from India who began to arrive in the late 19th century. There are about twenty Sikh temples or Gurdwaras in the country, including the Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Bangkok.
Amazing well we do learn something new everyday :)
What a great post with a ton of pictures in it! Great work!! :))
Thank you @worldcapture what a awesome place this was :)
Great photo essay. Some of those shots, cropped just right, would make terrific abstract photos!
Thank you @momzillanc it was a awesome day down there great history :)
Geez. You have the most interesting posts.
What an amazing place. I cannot believe it was just recently 'uncovered'. In history, 50 years is recent. Anyway...so happy you let us shadow along with you and your friends. I see you even let someonec else have the camera!
To walk among that powerful history has to be an impact.
Very, very nice.
Thank you so much my friend i was quite surprised myself that it was only uncovered recently it certainly had some vibes walking through this historical place and i did have to myself in some photos to remember this awesome place am glad you enjoyed the tour and thanks for dropping by and your support. Cheers :)
Now that’s what I call a park! Incredible seeing all those old buildings - and such a fascinating history to their origin as well.
And then the trees - the roots are incredible aren’t they - like fingers grabbing into the ground - amazing really.
It looks like you both had a wonderful time judging by all the smiles - and thank you for sharing this amazing journey with us!
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Thank you my friend this was another amazing place to visit in Thailand and there are so many more like this that i want to see and thanks it was a real fun day :)