CHAND PALACE
PraRajaWang Chand situated on the West bank of Nan river, at present occupied by Pitsanuloke Pitayakorn School. The place is North of Changvad. At the time when Somdej Pra Chao BoromWongse Ther Krom Praya Damrong RajaNupab (Prince Damrong) went to Muang Pitsanuloke he stated in the ‘Sasna Somdej’ (Correspondences of Somdej) that:
‘When I went up to Muang Pitsanuloke to inquire the availability of antiques and ruins in that town. The reply was that there was a palace named Wang Chand, the King’s residence of old situated on the West bank.
I went up there and found that the report was true. I ordered the place to be cleared ready for Pra Buddha Chao Luang (Rama V) to have a visit. This Wang Chand, must have been built at the time when Somdej Pra Borom Tri Lokanart resided at Muang Pitsanuloke and also used as Royal House for Somdej Pra Maha Dharma Raja Tiraj and Somdej Pra Naresuan the Great when they ruled over Muang Pitsanuloke…’
Prince Damrong also wrote in the story about Muang Pitsanuloke that ‘There is still now a pond near the King’s court and earth mound as well as a shrine of the Household God where the townfolks paid their homage!.... No other structures are found….’
All these materials are now non-existent, as the palace and others were used with timber under the work of Artisans of Ayudhya period, hence all wood-work crumbled away from the ruin caused by the enemy during their plunders of the town, in year B.E. 2318.
The only existing shrine is that of Somdej Pra Naresuan the Great as a remembrance that he used to stay there.
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