Phan Reuang (พันเรือง)

Thai. ‘Thousand Glows’. Name of one of the eleven heroic leaders who in 1767, at the end of the Ayutthaya period, fought the invading Burmese in defence of the Bang Rajan camp in Singburi (fig.). He was the head of Bang Rajan village that the Burmese plundered, stealing rice and fish, and bullying the villagers, who as a result escaped and took refuge in a local temple that was protected by two moat-like canals that surrounded it. In order to destroy the Burmese camp Phan Reuang asked the villagers to give up their brass and copper to ​​cast a cannon, and he collected enough metal to cast two guns. However, the cannons weren't skillfully made and didn't fire properly. Hence, the attack on the Burmese camp failed and in his attempt to flee from the alerted Burmese soldiers, he was killed. In iconography, he is usually depicted holding a battle ax. 回