The Phra Nang Chamthewi Statue
is located in the Nong Dok public park in town commemorating the first ruler of Hariphunchai. In front
of the Town Hall is the Suthewa Rusi Statue . Legend has it that the Rusi, or ascetic, was the actual
founder of Hariphunchai. As an ascetic refraining from worldly affairs he invited Phra Nang Chamthevi,
a daughter of the King of Lopburi, to ascend the throne and helped her to firmly establish Buddhism in the land.
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