Wat Si Bueng Bun located by riverside Huai Thap Than, which is a large creek, visitors can look across to the other side to see Amphoe Rattanaburi of Surin province and also the area of Ban Dan Dong Daeng, a border village of Roi Et province. Due to its beautiful area and historical sacred belief, an ubosot situated in the middle of the area with a combination of the Ayutthaya and Rattanakosin art styles in a bright gold colour, featuring tall, slanting pillars, no windows, and adorned with His Majesty the King’s royal initials on both the front and rear gables. At each of the four corners of the extended roof, there is a five-headed Naga guarding. The front of the ubosot is watched over by the large seven- headed Naga serpents in a gold colour on both sides of the entrance stairs. The gate can be opened only at the front, which is made of carved wood into a pattern of a Dhamma riddle in the Phahung chanting incantation. Inside is decorated with marvellous mural paintings describing the ten births of the Jataka tales of the Buddha and enshrined the second Phra Phuttha Chinnarat image. To get there: From the Bueng Bun District Office, make a left passing Amphoe Bueng Bun Municipality and Bueng Bun Hospital, then make a right at the end of the road, go straight for about 2 kilometres to the T-junction and make a left for 200 metres. On the left side will be the Chaopho Upparat Shrine and a further 100 metres more will be Wat Si Bueng Bun.
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