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Is this plaque legible to you and can you translate it?

The English transcription is as follows. The word I can't read is **** is FIVE I believe, as there are 5 linga in the Museum that are related to the Hindu Shrines in NST>

VISNU IS THE HIGHEST GOD OF HINDU. THE SHRINE WAS ESSENTIALLY BUILD TO DEDICATE TO VISNU AS HIS RESIDENCE AND USED FOR HINDU CEREMONY. NOW VISNU INSIDE THE SHRINE ARE REPLICA THE BIG ONE FOUND AT PANG-NGA PROVINCE AND THE **** FIGURES AT THE ARCHAEOLICAL SITES IN NAKHON SI THAMMARAT.

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I can't read the missing word in the English, but I can make out that the Thai says this:

กรมศิลปากร

หอพระนารายณ์เป็นโบาราณสถานในศาสนาพราหมณ์ลัทธิไวษณพนิกาย สร้างขึ้น

เพื่อใช้ประกอบพิธีกรรมทางศาสนา เทวรูปพระนารายณ์องค์เดิมที่พบในหอนี้

กำหนดอายุประมาณพุทธศตวรรษที่ ๑๐-๑๑ ปัจจุบันอยู่พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ

นครศรีธรรมราช เทวรูปองค์ัปัจจุบัน จำลองมาจากเทวรูปพระนารายณ์ พบที่

อ.ปะกง จ.พังงา

Translation:

Department of Fine Arts

The Narayana Shrine is an ancient site of the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, built for use in religious ceremonies. The original Narayana statue that was in this shrine was made during the 10-11th centuries B.E. and is now held in the Nakhon Si Thammarat National Museum. The current Narayana statue is a replica of one found at Pakong District, Phang-nga Province.

So this doesn't seem to answer your question either, but the Thai and English inscriptions aren't exactly the same. Narayana is, of course, another name for Vishnu.

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That is absolutely great! Thanks......

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According to Wiki, which is not always correct, at the NST Museum " At the centre of the museum is the 9th century statue of Vishnu in the Pala style of southern India. It was found in the base of a tree in Kapong district near Takua Pa in Phang Nga Province, then a major transit point for Indians colonizing the south."

Other scant reports say there is a beaten old original statue of Narai at the Shrine and replicas of 5 linga at the museum from the Isuan shrine across the road.

I can't read the missing word in the English, but I can make out that the Thai says this:

กรมศิลปากร

หอพระนารายณ์เป็นโบาราณสถานในศาสนาพราหมณ์ลัทธิไวษณพนิกาย สร้างขึ้น

เพื่อใช้ประกอบพิธีกรรมทางศาสนา เทวรูปพระนารายณ์องค์เดิมที่พบในหอนี้

กำหนดอายุประมาณพุทธศตวรรษที่ ๑๐-๑๑ ปัจจุบันอยู่พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ

นครศรีธรรมราช เทวรูปองค์ัปัจจุบัน จำลองมาจากเทวรูปพระนารายณ์ พบที่

อ.ปะกง จ.พังงา

Translation:

Department of Fine Arts

The Narayana Shrine is an ancient site of the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, built for use in religious ceremonies. The original Narayana statue that was in this shrine was made during the 10-11th centuries B.E. and is now held in the Nakhon Si Thammarat National Museum. The current Narayana statue is a replica of one found at Pakong District, Phang-nga Province.

So this doesn't seem to answer your question either, but the Thai and English inscriptions aren't exactly the same. Narayana is, of course, another name for Vishnu.

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