Phra Thart Sawee Temple This temple is near Sawee River. It is 47 kilometers away from the city center along Highway no.41, around Chumphon Lang Suan part. According to legend, Phra Chao Sri Thamma Sokaraj and his army to took a rost in Sawee District and found a strange occurrence, that is, albino crows and other types of crows flocked from a ruined structure, His Majesty therefore issued and order to debris. After removing the debris they found a large pagoda. When they dug the ground deeper they found a jar containing the Buddha's relics. So, His Majesty had his man built a new pagoda over the old one. The construction could have taken place in Ayutthaya Era. In 1916 a repair was done. A new structure was made over the old one. At the front of the temple next to Sawee River stands a shrine where a human-size effigy, is kept . People in sawee District call this shrine "Sarn Phra Sua Muang". |