The temple murals and some cholan and pandyan literature refer to this sthala puranam.

The walls of the adjacent bòht (ordination hall) are decorated with some of the most beautiful temple murals in southern Thailand, some of which depict life in 19th-century Songkhla.

He said that the murals, in what was once the kingdom of Nan and later a province of Thailand, reflected the theme of orphanhood, something he said was not found on any other temple murals.

The temple is famous for the rarity of the temple murals, of which the Vasukishayana and Nrithanatha murals are of great importance and are worshipped daily.

In temple murals Phra Mae Thorani is often depicted with the Buddha in the posture of Calling the earth to witness.

The Maya site of Bonampak, famous for its preserved temple murals, became known to the outside world when Lacandóns led American photographer Giles Healy there in 1946.

The figures were far simpler than those of temple murals, which argued perhaps for a more ancient date.

In 1856 William Ward painted the walls of the creation room to represented the Garden of Eden, the first such temple mural.

Travel these lands, Your Excellency, and you will see that same signature on many a temple mural and palace painting.

As guardian of the north, he is often depicted on temple murals outside the main door.