According to local legend, when the area of Chaiyaphum was first settled, a white light would appear from within these five large rocks during Buddhist Sabbath nights, which fall according to the moon cycle.
Made of sandstone in combination with other minerals, these mysterious natural spires coined the “Stonehenge of Thailand” are reminiscent of the naturally wind-carved outcrops of areas like the southwest United States, yet flanked on all sides by enormous fields of colourful tulips.