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Wat Hua Khuang (built 1860s onward)
Wat Hua Khuang is known as "The Monastery North of the Plaza". Like other wats in the Nan area (such as Wat Ton Laeng) the main building functions as both a viharn and an ubosot. Its most attractive feature is the front gable with a richly carved eyebrow-shaped pelmet that hangs in front of the portico. The decoration is largely unpainted, allowing the quality of the carving to speak for itself.
Also of note is a small chedi behind the viharn-ubosot and the wooden ho trai (library) now used as a kuti (monk's quarters).
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Image credits: All images copyright 2008 Timothy M. Ciccone. Photographed early March, 2008.
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