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Religious Site Attractions In Chiang Mai

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Chiang Mai sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province and was a former capital of the kingdom of Lan Na , which later became the Kingdom of Chiang Mai, a tributary state of Siam from 1774 to 1899, and finally the seat of a princely rulers until 1939. It is 700 km north of Bangkok near the highest mountains in the country. The city sits astride the Ping River, a major tributary of the Chao Phraya River. Chiang Mai means New City and was so named because it became the new capital of Lan Na when it was founded in 1296, succeeding Chiang Rai, the former capital founded in ...
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Religious Site Attractions In Chiang Mai

  • 1. Wat Phra Singh Chiang Mai
    Wat Phra Singh is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. King Ananda Mahidol , the older brother of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej , bestowed on it the status of Royal temple of the first grade in 1935.
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  • 2. Wat Umong Chiang Mai
    Wat Umong is a 700-year-old Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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  • 3. Wat Chiang Man Chiang Mai
    Wat Chiang Man is a Buddhist temple inside the old city of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand.
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  • 4. Wat Suan Dok Chiang Mai
    Wat Suan Dok , also known as Wat Buppharam is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. It is a Royal Temple of the Third Class. The temple is on Suthep Road, approximately one kilometre west of Suan Dok gate at the west side of the moat. The Chiang Mai campus of the Buddhist Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University is housed within the temple compound.
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  • 5. Wat Si Suphan Chiang Mai
    There are a total of 40,717 Buddhist temples in Thailand as of 31 December 2004, of which 33,902 are in current use, according to the Office of National Buddhism. Of the 33,902 active temples, 31,890 are of the Maha Nikaya and 1,987 are of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya orders of the Theravada school, while 12 are of the Chinese Nikaya and 13 are of the Anam Nikaya orders of the Mahayana school. Two hundred and seventy-two temples, 217 of the Maha Nikaya order and 55 of the Dhammayut order, hold the status of royal temple. Royal wisungkhamasima , official recognition of a temple's legitimacy, has been granted to 20,281 temples. The following is a very partial list of Buddhist temples in Thailand:
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  • 6. Wat Pan Tao Chiang Mai
    Wat Khuan Phayer Railway Halt is a railway halt located in Don Pradu Subdistrict, Pak Phayun District, Phatthalung. It is located 893.490 km from Thon Buri Railway Station.
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  • 7. Wat Lok Molee Chiang Mai
    Wat Lok Moli is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. The temple is situated on the north side of the north moat surrounding the old part of the city, about 400 meters west of the Chang Phuak city gate. It is not known when the temple was built but it is first mentioned in a charter in 1367 CE. The sixth king of the Mangrai dynasty, King Kuena , invited ten Buddhist monks from Burma to spread their teachings on Theravada Buddhism. The monks were housed in this temple. In 1527, King Ket commissioned the chedi and in 1545, he also had the viharn built. The ashes of several members of the Mengrai dynasty were placed in this temple . Until the demise of their dynasty, the Mengrai royal family took the responsibility for maintaining the temple. The brickwork of the large chedi is ...
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  • 8. Wat Pha Lat Chiang Mai
    Wat Khuan Phayer Railway Halt is a railway halt located in Don Pradu Subdistrict, Pak Phayun District, Phatthalung. It is located 893.490 km from Thon Buri Railway Station.
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  • 9. Tham Meuang On Chiang Mai
    The Tai Tham script, Lanna script or Tua Mueang , is used for three living languages: Northern Thai , Tai Lü and Khün. In addition, the Lanna script is used for Lao Tham and other dialect variants in Buddhist palm leaves and notebooks. The script is also known as Tham or Yuan script. The Northern Thai language is a close relative of Thai and member of the Chiang Saeng language family. It is spoken by nearly 6,000,000 people in Northern Thailand and several thousand in Laos of whom few are literate in Lanna script. The script is still read by older monks. Northern Thai has six linguistic tones and Thai only five, making transcription into the Thai alphabet problematic. There is some resurgent interest in the script among younger people, but an added complication is that the modern spoken ...
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  • 10. Wat Ched Yot Chiang Mai
    Wat Chet Yot is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. It is a centre of pilgrimage for those born in the year of the Snake.
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  • 14. Wat Mahawan Chiang Mai
    There are a total of 40,717 Buddhist temples in Thailand as of 31 December 2004, of which 33,902 are in current use, according to the Office of National Buddhism. Of the 33,902 active temples, 31,890 are of the Maha Nikaya and 1,987 are of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya orders of the Theravada school, while 12 are of the Chinese Nikaya and 13 are of the Anam Nikaya orders of the Mahayana school. Two hundred and seventy-two temples, 217 of the Maha Nikaya order and 55 of the Dhammayut order, hold the status of royal temple. Royal wisungkhamasima , official recognition of a temple's legitimacy, has been granted to 20,281 temples. The following is a very partial list of Buddhist temples in Thailand:
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  • 15. Wat Chet Yot (Wat Maha Photharam) Chiang Mai
    Wat Chet Yot is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. It is a centre of pilgrimage for those born in the year of the Snake.
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