Phu Phrabaht (ภูพระบาท)
Thai.
‘His Majesty's Mountain’.
Name of a
Historical
Park
located in the
tambon
Meuang
Phaan
of the
amphur Ban Pheu (บ้านผื)
in
Udonthani
province, and which features unusual rock formations,
scattered on a 3,430
rai
plot of land. Many of those have been made into religious
shrines, some reminiscent of the Flintstones' house. Beside this, the park also
features dinosaur foot prints and prehistoric cave paintings believed to date back some
6,000 years. The rock formations, especially the mushroom-shaped
Ho Nang Usa, i.e. Nang Usa's Watchtower,
also referred to as Nang Usa's Earth Pillar (fig.),
are the setting for a local folktale
called
Nang Usa-Thao Barot.
See also
Phrabaht,
Phra,
baht,
Phraphutthabaht,
POSTAGE STAMP,
TRAVEL PICTURES (1) and
(2),
and
MAP.
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