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Wat Chong Klang (built 1860s)
Wat Chong Klang is located in central Mae Hong Son adjacent to Wat Chong Kham and in front of Chong Kham lake. Built in the 1860s, it enshrines the Buddha Sihing image brought from Burma in 1857. Near the main altar are nearly 200 paintings in glass of the Phra Vejsandorn Jataka (tales of the previous lives of the Buddha).
According to GPS readings taken on site, the wat is at 19 17.89804' N, 97 58.07522' E (WGS 84 map datum).
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All images copyright 2008 Timothy M. Ciccone (photographed early March, 2008).
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