No 1: The wall gate is 4.50 metres wide the wall is made of brick-and-mortar, on the south side, 69 metres wide, and recessed on the southeast side. The north side is 77 metres wide. The long sides are 139 metres and with a small gate in the wall. On the east and north side is a walkway leading to the Sala Kan Parian (1) and the monks' dormitory, 1 metre wide each. The outer wall was damaged and destroyed on almost every side.
No. 2: A mondop or mandapa, made of brick-and-mortar, 5 metres wide and long on each side.
No 3: A Chinese pavilion, made of brick-and-mortar, built in the reign of King Rama III. There are two buildings in front of the mondop, one building, 3.80 metres wide, 4.60 metres long and in front of the ordination hall, one building, 4.50 metres wide and 5.40 metres long.
No 4: A Bodhi tree in front of the ordination hall on the left. The large tree must have been planted when this temple was built.
No 5: The courtyard in front of the ordination hall is 7 metres wide and long on each side there are two stone lions, one broken and one damaged, and four flower pot stands.
No 6: There are two front and two back gates in the outer wall, 1.40 metres wide. The outer wall is rectangular and made of brick-and-mortar with lotus edges, 30 metres wide and 63 metres long. The height is 90 cm, and its thickness is 30 cm.
No. 7: The boundary stones (Bai Sema) stand on a rectangular base made of brick-and-mortar with lion's feet and lotus decoration. The height is 1.80 metres. The slate boundary stones are double, 1.03 metres wide and 1.33 metres high.
No. 8: The stairs leading up to the terrace of the ordination hall. There are stairs in the front and behind, two stairs on each side with a width of two metres. The terrace of the ordination hall is 23 metres wide and 56 metres long.
No. 9: The ordination hall has front and back doors, two doors on each side. Each door is one metre wide and made of teak wood with beautiful water patterns. Above the front door, there is a marble slab inscribed with Khmer characters. In the middle, there are Thai numbers, and there are figures of three stucco bats.
No. 10: The ordination hall was built in 1503 CE and repaired in 1835 and 1957 CE. The ordination hall is 17.50 metres wide and 41.50 metres long, facing south. In front of the ordination hall and the middle, there is a porch 4 metres wide, 6.40 metres long, used to house a standing Buddha image holding an alms bowl. In front of the ordination hall, there are blue ‘chofa’ (b), rooster leaves, swan tails decorated with glass and a gold-plated wand decorated with glass.
The teak wood gable is decorated with carvings of Lord Vishnu riding Garuda and stepping on the naga's head, and there are images of Rahu on both sides attached to the naga's head. It is surrounded by 26 ‘Thepphanom’ (angels), of which in the back there are 22 wooden carved images of ‘Thepphanom’, covered with gold, which is very beautiful.
Inside the ordination hall, there are two rows of square brick pillars, eight each with a diameter of 1 metre. The 4.20 metre high pillars are decorated with patterns. New repairs, painted the floor green with a yellow rice-wrapped design. The pillar heads are in lotus form in the Ayutthaya style. The ceiling is carved in the shape of gilded stars.
On the walls of the former ordination hall, there were paintings, but unfortunately, the people who restored the hall later did not know the value and covered them with white plaster.
There were window openings (3) similar to those at Wat Thammikarat, Wat Maha That, Wat Racha Burana and the walls of the ordination hall of Wat Borom Phuttharam. on the island city of Ayutthaya. But because the ordination hall of Wat Na Phra Men is vast, therefore, there are 29 windows on each side, east and west, allowing very little light to enter the interior, making it dark. As His Royal Highness Prince Narisara Nuwattiwong stated that Western art differs from the East and the treatment of sacred images is different. There are white slate stone slabs with a height of 30 cm and a length of 1.30 metres, located next to the pillar near the door at the front of the ordination hall on the left, inscribed with Kapayani (one of the most popular types of Thai poetry) about the repair of this ordination hall.
No. 11: A Buddha image adorned with ornaments on a rectangular brick base with a width of 8.80 metres and a length of 10 metres, and a height of 1.30 metres. The base support one of the largest Buddha images, the main Buddha image facing south in Marawichai posture, Ayutthaya period, gilded, lap width 4.50 metres, height 6 metres.
No. 12: The porch behind the ordination hall has a width of 5 metres and a length of 9 metres. It enshrines a stucco Buddha image in meditation posture from the Ayutthaya period lap width 1.50 metres, height 2.50 metres.
No. 13: A prang, rebuilt in 1835 CE, made of brick-and-mortar, on a rectangular base 9.50 metres long on each side, with stairs in four directions. Antiques and artefacts were brought inside, but in 1939 CE, the stupa was destroyed, and the relics were stolen.
No. 14: A square chedi, 12 metres away from the outer wall of the ordination hall, built of brick-and-mortar on a rectangular base - broken top - probably built in 1835 CE, width and length 3 metres on each side.
No. 15: Bell-shaped chedis on a round base, made of brick-and-mortar and arranged in a row, 4.50 and 5.20 metres in diameter. The tops are broken.
No. 16: White vihara, 13 metres from the outer wall of the ordination hall, probably built together with the ordination hall, made of brick-and-mortar, 12 metres wide and 10 metres long, used to be a place of worship. The standing Buddha image in the posture of giving forgiveness, sandstone, Lop Buri period has been moved to the National Museum. Later, the roof and walls of this temple were damaged. Phrakhru Phutthawihan Sopha (Liang), the abbot, has renovated and used it as a place of meditation. Currently, it houses the ashes of the abbot of this temple.
No. 17: The small vihara 3.50 metres from the outer wall of the ordination hall enshrined an important Buddha image. People call it the Wihan Phra Gandharrat or Wihan Khian and was built in the reign of King Rama III in 1838 CE by Phraya Chai Wichit (Phuek). The vihara faces south and is 11.50 metres wide and 25 metres long. In the front, there is a white stone Shiva lingam, with a height of 1.6 metres and a diameter of 21 cm, on a white stone base of 1.32 metres wide, 1.30 metres long and 16 cm thick. In front of the vihara, there is a porch and stairs leading up to the front on both sides. There are three steps each stair width is 97 cm, height is 1.20 metres. The roof of the vihara is made of clay tiles. Front and back, there are ‘Chofa’ with rooster leaves, swan tails decorated with mirrors and gold-plated wands decorated with stained glass. The gable is a picture of flowers and birds, gilded and decorated with green and blue glass. There is a single door width 1.08 wide and 2.60 metres high.
The wooden door is carved with Thepphanom, Garuda, Naga, and birds, gilded with gold, width 60 cm, height 2.60 metres, thickness 12 cm. It is a very beautiful carved wooden door. Above the door is a gilded stucco-patterned arch with glass decoration and an image of a compass arrow inside the vihara. On the walls, there are coloured paintings on all four sides written when this vihara was built. Nowadays, the paintings are faded. There is a window on the east and the west side. Above the windows, there is an arch with Chinese patterns.
Inside the vihara is a limestone Buddha image from the Dvaravati period. It was initially in the posture of the first sermon the hands and feet were renovated. The image is facing south. The lap is approximately 1.70 metres wide and 5.20 metres high.
According to a white stone inscription on the wall on the east side near the entrance, Phraya Chai Wichit moved the image from Wat Maha That on the island of Ayutthaya and noted it came from Sri Lanka. Still, Luang Boriban Buribhand stated that it did not come from Sri Lanka and probably was moved from the Phra Pathom Chedi area in Nakhon Pathom Province in the reign of Rama V by Prince Damrong Rajanubhab when the latter was the Minister of the Interior as he has dug patterned stone frames surrounding the Buddha images at Wat Phra Men, Nakhon Pathom Province, which could be comparable with the Buddha image at Wat Na Phra Men, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. So, he knew that it originated from Phra Pathom Chedi.
Probably built around 800 C.E. according to the Gupta art, there are five sitting stone Buddha images in the Dvaravati period that have been found in the world, namely:
1. At Mondop Mendut, Java (Indonesia), one statue.
2. The principal Buddha image in the ordination hall of Wat Phra Pathom Chedi, one statue.
3. On the terrace of Phra Pathom Chedi, two damaged Buddha images.
4. At Wat Na Phra Men, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, one statue.
In 1958 CE, a culprit stole two white stone Buddha heads from the Dvaravati period, in the ordination hall of Wat Phraya Kong, in Samphao Lom Sub-district, Village No. 2, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. He sold them to merchants in Bangkok, but the Fine Arts Department officials found them, seized the heads and prosecuted the culprits. These two Buddha heads are now kept in the National Museum Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. There is also a Buddha image enshrined in front of Wat Khun Phrom, on the right bank of the Chao Phraya River, opposite the island of Ayutthaya on the south side in Samphao Lom Sub-district of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. It is a white stone Buddha image from the Dvaravati period, which was moved to Wat Khun Phrom from Wat Phraya Kong, smaller in size than the Buddha image at Wat Na Phra Men.
No. 18: Hall of Worship 5 metres away from the temple wall, built in 1945 CE at the time of Phrakhru Phutthawihan Sophon (Samruai) and the devotees built and dedicated Kusala Tawai - Phutthawihan Sophon (party), which was initiated before, width 12.50 metres, length 17.51 metres.
No. 19: The monks’ dwellings (kutis) 5 metres away from the temple wall. There are eight kutis for monks and novices.
No. 20: The ‘Tha Nam’ pavilions, located along the Sra Bua Canal, near the monks’ dwellings: 1 pavilion, 4.50 metres wide and 4.50 metres long, and near the front of the chapel 1 pavilion, 3 metres wide and 4 metres long, made of zinc-roofing.
Footnotes:
(1) Sala Kan Parian (Thai: ศาลาการเปรียญ, study hall) is a multipurpose hall in a wat. In the past, this hall was only for monks to study in, as 'Parian' is a Pali word meaning 'educated monk' or 'monk student'.
(2) Chofa is a Thai architectural decorative ornament that adorns the top at the end of temple roof ridges (gable apex), resembling a tall thin bird and looking hornlike, symbolising the mythical bird Garuda.
(3) The walls were windowless, having vertical slit openings, bringing ventilation and providing at the same time a diffused light into the inside.