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Wat Inthrawat (built 1858)
Wat Inthrawat stands in a rural area to the southwest of Chiang Mai. Its crowning attraction is an almost quintessential Lanna-style viharn with impressively carved woodwork. Although constructed in 1858, the Wat is in quite good condition despite (and partially because of) the lack of any recent renovation.
Apart from the viharn, another gorgeous structure on site is an open, four-sided mondop that was used as a shelter for the Wat Phra That Si Chom Thong relics as they were carried in to Chiang Mai. The Wat also features a fine cloister that surrounds the viharn on three sides.
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All images copyright 2008 Timothy M. Ciccone (photographed early March, 2008).
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