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Wat Khao Wong Prachan
Wat Khao Wong Prachan is a Buddhist temple of Lopburi province, It featured because the temple is located on the top of the mountain, which is the highest peak of Lopburi Province. This temple has thousands of steps to pay homage to the Buddha's footprint and there are 9 wonders that are gathered here. The temple is often referred to as "Khao Wong Prachan" although this is the name of the mountain where it's located. From the temple, views of downtown Lopburi can be seen.

History
Wat Khao Wong Prachan temple, It can be said that it is another temple that is like the center of the mind of the people of Lopburi. On the top of the mountain is the enshrined of the real Buddha's footprint (Royal Footprint 4th). This footprint of the Buddha's footprint is 1.62 meters long, 62 cm wide of central part.

When entering Wat Khao Wong Prachan on the left side, there has a pavilion having portraits of many guru monks sitting in the pavilion. There are Buddha images located in the pavilion in the area inside of the temple’s museum, especially the portrait of King Rama V.

Wat Khao Wong Prachan is located in the Huai Pong district, Khoksamrong of Lopburi on Phaholyothin Road Thailand , the temple is 28 kilometers from the city of Lopburi. The name Khao Wong Prachan came from the shape of the mountain which is always circle from any point of view therefore, the name about the moon was given. Wat Khao Wong Prachan has 9 wonders including a real fourth Buddha's footprint, Buddha's canine tooth, Luang Poo Fak the monk who is a 93-year-old who is a vegetarian and has never had a shower throughout his life, Buddha's bones, Billion Museum, the longest stairs on the mountain, a natural tree as the small wooden image of penis, a buffalo with three horns and black ivory.

There are about 3,790 ladder steps from the temple to the top of the mountain It is about 2 hours to walk from the foothill to the peak to see the view point of Lopburi province. At the back of the soil, there is another viewpoint at Pha Nang Fa. There is a place to raise an elephant to prophesy as well,  it's only open during the Khao Wong Prachan’s festival that was held in the front of the third lunar festival every year, people will flock to worship together in a crowd and almost people who visit here there are the constructions to paying respect pattern the tourist are influenced by the Chinese or the Mahayana or sect of Buddhism.

Legend of Khao Wong Prachan
Lopburi is believed to be the descendant city of Hanuman according to Thai literature called "Ramayana" because it is a city with a lot of monkeys living at Phra Kan shrine area, Phra Prang Sam Yot and near the train station. According to legend Rama's lieutenant, Hanuman, has taken over Lopburi and has to hammer an arrow on Thao Kok Khanak that is on the ground of Khao Nang Prachan Cave (Khao Wong Prachan) to be firmly attached every month. But what can help Thao Kokkanak is pouring vinegar on arrows. In the past, Lopburi had no vinegar for sale because she believed that Mrs. Sri Prachan, Thao Kok Khanak's daughter will go to help her father and Thao Kok Khanak will rise to eat the people of Lopburi.

There is also a story that Hanuman swept the city by his tail to make the wasteland of Lopburi disappear. But a fire broke out and could not be extinguished. Until the whole city's soil became white as chalk, Rama then sent an arrow down to cause a flood, make Lopburi a wide sea area. where the mountains are like islands in the middle of the sea called Khao Wong Prachan originally, the villagers called Khao Nong Prachan or Khao Nang Prachan. These names are derived from the name of the Thao Kok Khanak's daughter, and she already has a lover. Once, King of China take a boat trip to trade around Lopburi, so he met Mrs. Sri Prachan and he liked her so much. So, he went to make a marriage proposal with Thao Kok Khanak by promising to bring vinegar and treasure and Thao Kokkanak immediately agreed. Mrs. Sri Prachan then took her lover to Thao Kok Khanak too, but he said that if he truly loved his daughter, he had to build a silver bridge and gold bridge came to the place to pick up her daughter but he could only build a Nak bridge,It is the current Khao Saphan Nak. He saw that King of China's boat came, so he transformed himself into a crocodile and caused the boat to sink in the north of Khao Wong Prachan. The Chinese in the boat jumped into the water and fled to their deaths. Currently, that area is called Khao Chin Joan or Khao Chin Lae. The boat has been turned into stone, called Khao Tapao is to the north of Khao Wong Prachan. The folded cloth traded in the boat became a stone named, Kkao Pub Pa or Khao Hneeb. The treasures that will be brought to Thao Kok Khanak spread into small mountain around the area of Khao Wong Moon.

Phra Phutthachoke of Khao Wong Phrachan
Phra Phutthachoke or "Phra Chiang Saen" is a Buddha image in the subduing Mara posture Chiang Saen period art. Ceremony the construction of buddha images by Somdej Phra Wanrat Wat Bowonniwet Vihara the Director of the Sangha Council be the president along with other members of the Sangha Council as well as many famous Maha Thera who attended the ceremony. Phra Phutthachok is enshrined at the edge of Khao Wong Prachan. Initially, the construction project at Phra Chiang Saen took a period of 8 years to construct the Buddha image and Phra Phutthachoke is the second largest Buddha image in Thailand.

9 wonders
There is an authentic footprint of the Buddha (4th footprint)

There is a trace of the real Buddha's canine tooth

Luang Pu Fak 93 years old, a monk who is a vegetarian and don't bathe in whole life

There are many Buddha's ashes.

There is a museum named ‘over a million’.

There are 3,799 steps up the hill.

There is natural tree as the small wooden image of penis ( used as a talisman, In Thailand it is called “Palad Khik”. )

There is the only 3 horned buffalo in the world.

There is the only black ivory in the world.

Khao Wong Pra Chan’s festival
The highlight of Khao Wong Prachan  is to conquer the 3,790 stairs with a length of 1,680 meters, and there are also 180 more steps to go up with a total of at least 4,000 steps up the mountain. It is taking approximately 2 journeys. - 3 hours with beautiful lighting both sides of the road are filled with various kinds of forests that grow up to the top of the mountain with shops to serve along the way. There is a belief that if anyone comes to worship the Buddha's footprint which is enshrined on the top of the mountain will experience happiness and hope. Many people especially Chinese-Thai people come to pray to the Buddha's footprint, it is one of the important ceremonyies held in Lopburi. Other visitors to climb to its peak and pay homage to a model of the Lord Buddha's footprint during the annual "Climbing Up Khao Wong Phra Chan" festival allow tourists to go up the mountain 24 hours a day.

Location and how to get there
Take a Lopburi to Khok Samrong bus from the Lopburi passing the front of the temple and take a rental car from the temple’s or hire a motorcycle taxi from about 5 kilometers entrance for 5 kilometres. Private car from Lopburi city, take Highway no. 1, Phahon Yothin Road (Lop Buri - Khok Samrong) about 25 kilometers, there will be a sign to turn right into Wat Khao Wong Prachan and go straight for about 5 kilometers (Lop Buri - Khok Samrong) about 25 kilometers, there will be a sign to turn right into Wat Khao Wong Prachan and go straight for about 5 kilometers.