Tham Wiang Kae [NA0037]

พระพุทธบาทเชียงคาน (TH)
19.303524,100.756839
Length 124m Depth 10m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

From Song Khwae go north on the H1148 for about 3 km and turn east on the H1097 to the Hmong village of Ban Tham Wiang Kae. In the village a track on the left, signposted in Thai to Wat Tham Wiang Kae, leads after to 1 km to the temple where the entrance can be seen. As the cave is a temple it is necessary to visit bare-footed. Martin Ellis - 12/09/2020

Description

Martin Ellis - 12/09/2020

The entrance to the cave is a wide chamber 4 m wide by 3 m high with a big shrine with numerous statues and ornaments at the end. Behind the shrine it is possible to go for about 10 m to a dead end at the contact with the schists. On the right before the shrine several small ways give access to a small passage formed in a very white limestone ending at a small chamber with another shrine. On the left a small pitch is equipped with ladders and goes to a small passage about 10 m long ending at a meditation chamber. On the left the passage continues, passing a wooden platform then the passages ascends steeply. There are alcoves on the left and right for meditation. This leads to a crossroads where on the far right the passage continues to climb as far as a meditation chamber and on the right it goes back down to rejoin the passage a short distance after the statute. The passages are small (1 m by 2 m), and they are formed in a clean limestone with good bedding planes. There are many rock paintings of unknown age on the walls at the start of the cave.

Topographie

Martin Ellis - 12/09/2020

JARLAN, PHILIPPE; CARON-JARLAN, VIOLAINE, BELUCHE, ALEXANDRA; BELUCHE, FRANCOIS (2010)

Documents

Bibliography 12/09/2020
  • GOODDEN, CHRISTIAN (1999) "Around Lan-na" Jungle Books (Halesworth), England ISBN 0-9527383-1-7 434pp JARLAN, PHILIPPE; CARON-JARLAN, VIOLAINE, BELUCHE, ALEXANDRA; BELUCHE, FRANCOIS (2010) "Expedition NANTHAI 2008" SociÚtÚ SpÚlÚologique de l' AriÞge-Pays d'Olmes 55pp VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp

History

Explored and surveyed by Jarlan in July 2008. Martin Ellis - 12/09/2020

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