KU PHRA KONA กู่พระโกนา
It is located at Ban Ku, Mu 2, Tambon Sa Khu , Amphoe Suwannaphum. To reach there one can leave Roi-Et
township through Highway No. 215 passing Amphoe Muang Sunng, then, join Highway No. 202 passing Amphoe
Suwannaphum and join Highway No. 214 for an approximate distance of 12 kilometers to arrive at Ku Phra Kona
totalling a distance of about 60 kilometers from the province township. At present, there is a monastery built
within the same area having a road branching off to the left and the front area is a rubber plantation. Ku Phra
Kona consists of three brick prangs built on the sand stone base lying in the north-south direction. All face the
east being surrounded by the wall having a niche-top entrance in each of the four directions and they were also
made of sand stone.The middle prang was transformed in the year 1928 by plastering on and building up in tiers
each of which has a niche for housing a Buddha image in every direction of the fours. Ground floor of the front
side of the middle prang was constructed as a sanctuary housing the Buddha's foot prints and decorated with
the original six-headed nagas in front. The two sided prangs were also renovated by the monastery but the
features are not changed like the middle one. The prang in the north is covered with a pavillion having carved
features of Ramayana no the inside gable and the carved "Narai Banthom Sin" lintel is placed at the original
location, i. e., above the front door outside. The lintel of the west door featuring Narai God mounted on the
Garuda has now fallen down on the floor. The south prang still has the original lintel placed above the front door
in the north. The feature is a divine in sitting position with one knee folding upward in the crystal niche above the
Nakan. In addition, there are lintels falling down on the floor at the front side, i.e., the feature of God Shiva
mounted on an ox back with Nang Rieng pillars placing nearby. It is presumed that Ku Phra Kona should firstly
have a naga bridge with walking path and decorated on both sides with Nang Rieng pillars stretching from the
front niche-top door to the pond of barai which is about 300 meters distance. From all artistic patterns of the
caving features and the door frame pillars made in Khmer style having the age between 1017-1087 A.D.
(Bapuan Design), it can be presumed that Ku Phra Kona should have been built around the 11th century A.D.