Phra Phongsuparn is the most famous amulet from Suparnburi Province. The amulets were blessed (chants) by hermits in previous era. Phra Phongsuparn is quite old and one of the most famous Amulet of Benjapakee Grand five Amulets.

In Supamussado 1265 there was 4 Rorsee and Phra Rorsee Pimpilarthai was the leader. Phra Rorsee planned to make a powerful blessed /chanted things to give to the King (Phraya Sridhumasokarath). He used various mineral mixed with herb and medicine called “sunkavanorn” then creates them into molds, then blessed/chanted for 3 months. Rorsee keep these amulets at Puntoom province and later on was found by Thai people. The history said that rorsee kept these amulets in Puntoom province or Suparnburi in other name.

Phra Phongsuparn Amulet Suparnburi

The ancient molds and amulets were called Phra Phongsuparn, they have red and black skin. Phra Phongsuparn Amulets looks like Phra Nangphya Amulets.  The different is the flame of Phra Nangphya Amulet is wider and the top is sharper. Phra Phongsuparn Amulets  have 3 molds.

1. Phra Phongsuparn Nargae (old face) this use for the pim (mold) that have the face look old like old people.
2. Phra Phongsuparn Narnoom (young face)
3. Phra Phongsuparn Narnang (woman face).

In B.E.1350 Queen of Suphanburi gave birth a boy (his name is Phraya Parn due to the Parn (red mark) since birth). All oracles said the same that “When he grew up, he would have very strong good karma, anyplace he goes he would win the wars. But he will kill his father one day” Since the King heard this, he talked to his wife the Queen, and said to drop him out somewhere. Even how much the Queen loved her son so much, she can’t say no to the King. The boy was put in a small boat to let go on the flow of river alone. With coincidence or faith, he was picked up by an old lady called “horm”.

The old lady Horm raised him for a while and then gave him to the King of Rarthchaburi (Phraya Rarthchaburi). Phraya Parn once grew up, he have very strong sense of a warrior and very clever in war strategy. One day Phraya Gong(his real father) asked King of Rarthchaburi for  supplies. Phraya Parn told his father not to send them over, and went out to war with Phraya Gong. Phraya Parn cut his head with long sword as they both fought on  elephants. Phraya Gong’s army was scattered, then Phraya Parn move into the city of Suparnburi.

Once he met the Queen there, the truth revealed, because of the red mark (Parn) he has since birth. When he met his own mother, he had already killed his own father. Under guilt and horror, he ordered the soldiers to kill the old lady “horm” who picked him up from river when he was young.  He angered her because he thought the old lady had kept a secret of his own life that he was picked from the river and adopted by her only. But after the death of the old lady, he think about the old times when she was raising him, made him feel very guilty over the bad karma he have done.

To pay back his sin, he built the Jaydee in B.E.1420, and rule Suparnburi province till B.E.1459. Phraya Parn  had ordered the rorsees (hermits) to bless /chant the Phra Phongsuparn Amulets with katha ‘pa hung’ 13 times, katha ‘hor la khun’ 13 times, phra buddhakhun 13 times.  Therefore Phra Phongsuparn Amulets became the top 5 famous amulets of Thailand, the amulets are blessed for protection, strong health and fortune.

Phra Phong Suparn Amulet - Back View

The great Buddha amulets from Suparnburi Province, famous and popular among all admirers who have been wanting to possess from the past to the present are “Phra Phongsuparn” Kru Wat Phra Srirattana Mahatarth Suparnburi.

The amulets were found by a Chinese upland farmer living in the area, stealing to open up the kru (relic chamber or pit under the pagoda) around B.E.2456. Later on the governor of the city named Phraya Sunthong Buri (Ie Kannasut) gave the legal order to open up the relic chamber officially in order to prevent repeated thefts from smugglers. The official opening of the relic chamber found a lot of Buddha amulets and ancient objects.

Through finding this kru (relic chamber)  of Phra Phongsuparn they fond many gold and silver leaf plates with the inscriptions, and could be translated briefly that Wat Phra Srirattana Mahatarth and Phra Prang (Pagoda Jeydee) including all Buddha amulets were build by King Phra Broromrachathirarth the 2nd (Chao Sarm Pbraya) around B.E.1967-1991 with Phra Mahathera Piya Thassi Saribut as the Chief abbot of the monks, and the hermits of about 500years old.

The set of Grand 5 Benjapalkee Amulets

The findings are the Buddha amulets of the earth texture mixed with flower petals and tubers of various herbs, in 4 colors namely, red, yellow, green and black. They can be classified into 3 mould type. Pim Nargae, Pim Nargarnd, Pim Narnoom which mean Old, Middle, Young face mold types. Phra Phongsuparn amulet are the superb Buddha amulets of “U-Thong” art, in which all mighty power were combined, and deserved to be one of the Grand Five set of Benjapakee the most famous and powerful amulets of Thailand.