Well preserved murals of great value illustrating the
Khattana Kumara Jataka on the Northern wall and the
Nimi Jatakas on the Western wall as well as scenes of the local life of the time when they were painted by Thai Lue artists during the restoration of the temple at the end of the 19th century. Europeans can even be noticed: a reference to the arrival of the
French to whom the East of the Nan valley area was yielded in 1893. The style is rather distinctive and quite removed from the traditional style of temple paintings in Thailand. They somewhat resemble the style of the murals of
Wat Phra Singh in
Chiang Mai and are very much like the murals of
Wat Nong Bua in
Tha Wang Pha District, just north of the city of Nan. The setting of the murals at Wat Phumin however, is that of the culture and everyday life of the Thai Lue people. The two most famous scenes are of greater dimensions than the majority of the other paintings: a man whispering to the ear of a woman (on the Southern side of the Western door) and the portrait painted on the side of the Southern door, which could be king
Phra Chao Anantaworritthidet. The large paintings on each side of the main entrance show a Chinese influence which can be explained by the origins of the Thai Lue people. ==Gallery==