Photo Gallery
Wat Phra That Chao Lan Thong (built 15th century onward)
Wat Phra That Chao Lan Thong was built during the reign of King Tilokaraj to enshrine the bronze Buddha image known as Phra Chao Lan Thong. This is kept in a modern viharn along with a smaller image from 1726 called the Phra Chao Saen Swae (Buddha of a Hundred Thousand Pins), so named because the image was held together by numerous pins before it was cast. Only the crooked chedi, which stands behind the viharn, is shown in this set of photos.
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Image credits: All images copyright 2008 Timothy M Ciccone. Photographed early March, 2008.
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