Saraburi

Saraburi lies east of the Chao Phraya plain, where the Pa Sak River approaches the hills leading towards the Khorat Plateau. The town is traditionally associated with the reign of King Maha Chakkraphat of Ayutthaya in the sixteenth century. To its north stands Wat Phra Phutthabat, built under King Songtham in 1624 around a mark in the rock revered as the Buddha's footprint. A shrine over the footprint became an important destination for royal and popular pilgrimage.