Tourists take photos as the sunrises through all 15 doorways in alignment at the Phanom Rung ruin in Chalerm Phrakiat district of Buri Ram on Monday. (Photo by Surachai Piraksa)BURI RAM - About 1,000 tourists packed Phanom Rung on Monday morning to see a rare sight, the rays of the rising sun passing through all 15 doorways of the ancient ruin - and were not disappointed. The sunrise shone through all 15 doorways at the old Khmer temple in Chalerm Phrakiat district for the first time this year, for seven minutes. Tourists wait for the sunrise at the Phanom Rung ruin on Monday. Phanom Rung was built as a Hindu religious site more than 1,000 years ago.

Source: Bangkok Post April 03, 2017 10:30 UTC