Sao Ronghai เสาร้องไห้
is a big wooden pillar situated at Maenang Takhian Shrine it Wat Sung, Tambon Saohai, 500 meters from
Salhai District Office. It is highly respected by many people who believe that there is a goddess dwelling
in the Pillar. All offerings to the pillar are theng for a landy. There is a story about it. When Bangkok was
being constructed as the capital, notices were sent to many provinces, informing them to select the finest
wooden pillar suitable for being the principal one. Saraburi sent a beautiful Takhian Thong wooden pillar
to bangkok by Floating it along the Pasak River, but unfortunately in arrived too late for the selection,
however, it was selected as the second to the principal one. It was expected that if this Pillar had arrived
time it would have been selected as the principal one. Therefore this pillar was very sad floating upstream
from Bangkok and sank at Tambon Saohai for over 100 years. At night people heard its crying In 1958 the
pillar as pulled up from the water and shrined in Wat Sung. There is an annual celebration held on 23 April.
In addition, inside the shrine there is a large stone bell found from the excavations at Amphoe Sithep in
Phetchabun. The bell is hanging for people to ring since it is believed that to ring the bell is to offer merit to
others.