Wat Nang Phaya (วัดนางพญา) is a Buddhist temple in the city center of Phitsanulok that features a replica buddha statue of the 14th century Phra Phutta Chinnarat (พระพุทธชินราช) buddha image from Wat Phra Sri Rattanamahathat (วัดพระศรีรัตนมหาธาตุ), which is also located in Phitsanulok, just across the street of Wat Nang Phaya. The statue is seated in the bhumisparsa (भूमिस्पर्श) pose, i.e. the most common  mudra (handpose) in Thai Buddhist iconography which means ‘touching the earth’ and that is also known as maravijaya (मारविजया, มารวิชัย), i.e. ‘victory over  Mara’. The statue has an urna (ऊर्णा) on the forehead, i.e. a third eye, a symbol for great wisdom which radiates beams of light that enlighten the entire world. The statue is seated in a virasana (वीरसन) asana (आसन), i.e. the ‘posture of a hero’, in which the right foot rests on the left thigh, with the left foot under the right thigh, a position also known as the half-lotus position. Behind the statue is a reuan kaew (เรือนแก้ว), a decorative frame known as a as ‘crystal palace’, which at the bottom on each side has a snake-like naga (नाग, နာဂ) figure, i.e. a mythical serpent known in Thai as naak (นาก), guarded by a yak (ยักษ์), i.e. a ‘giant’. Remarkly, the bai sema (ใบเสมา) marker stones around the ordination hall, called the ubosot (อุโบสถ), have been removed and set aside, and have been replaced with statues of hermits, known in Thai as reusi (ฤาษี). At the back of the ordination hall are the ruins of a brick stupa, and at its gable it has a gilded Garuda underneath a chadah (ชฎา) or royal crown with the royal cypher of King Bhumiphon (ภูมิพล), i.e. the initials B.P.R. (ภ.ป.ร.), that stand for Bhumipon Adunyadet Parama Rajatiraat (ภูมิพลอดุลยเดชปรมราชาธิราช) that can be translated as ‘Bhumipon Adunyadet, Great King of Kings’. Inside the prayer hall are murals with scenes from the life of the Buddha, as well as of episodes from Thai mythology, e.g. the crocodile story Chalawan (ชาละวัน), as well as of Thai history, such as of the young Prince Naresuan (นเรศวร) when he was a captive in Burma, and scenes from his later battles as King. The gallery surrounding the ubosot has murals with scenes from the Ramakien (รามเกียรติ์), the Thai version of the Ramayana. It is assumed that the temple was built by Queen Wisutikasat (วิสุทธิกษัตรีย์), the daughter of Queen Suriyothai (สุริโยทัย), as well as the consort of King Maha Thammarachathirat (มหาธรรมราชาธิราช) and the mother of both King Naresuan and King Ekathotsarot (เอกาทศรถ), during the renovation of the adjacent Wat Ratchaburana (วัดราชบูรณะ), around 1547–1557 AD, when Phitsanulok was a Royal City. Hence, the name of the temple, i.e. Nang Phaya, which literally translates as ‘Lady of the King’, and Wat Nang Phaya thus means the ‘Temple of the Queen’. 回