An aerial view of the City Pillar Shrine in Nakhon Si Thammarat's Muang district, now under renovation. "We, as the ancestors of the Srivichai empire, are against any attempts to alter the City Pillar Shrine," he told the Inside Thailand programme on the Spring News channel on Friday. Nakhon Si Thammarat was part of the the Srivichai empire from the 12th to the 15th centuries of the Buddhist era. The former education minister said on Thursday that the work undertaken at the hall and its premises should not be a "renovation" project. Nakhon Si Thammarat's City Pillar Shrine was built from 1987 to 1999 in the Srivichai architectural style.

Source: Bangkok Post July 07, 2017 10:30 UTC