Wat Chai Phrakiat is located on the road with connects Wat Phra Sing and the Tha Pae Gate. We visited it during Songkran and especially liked the traditional merit making here at this temple - building mounds of sand with prayer flags outside the temple building. The main hall contains a beautiful Buddha image named Chai Phra Kiat. An image with Burmese, Mon and Thai trilingual inscriptions…

Located south of Wat Chedi Luang, down Phra Pok Klao, this Temple is, at present nearing completion of restoration. This Temple stands in grounds of 800 square metres. In these grounds there is a Lanna style Vihara, a Bell Tower, a medium sized white Chedi, an activities Hall and Monks eating hall. The most notable feature of the Temple, aside from some excellent examples of intricate…

Wat Chedi Luang (thai วัดเจดีย์หลวง, Temple of the Big Stupa) is an impressive ruined temple in the center of Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. History King Saen Muang Ma (r.1385-1401) began construction on Wat Chedi Luang in 1391 to hold the ashes of his father, Ku Na. The building was expanded by later kings, reaching its…

The temple Wat Chet Rin is located diagonally opposite to the temple Wat Muentoom / Wat Mun Tum and is locally called Wat Nong Chalin. According to Tamnan Muang Chiang Mai, the coronation ceremony of King Mekut Sutthiwong (1551 - 1564) took place in this temple.

Wat Chiang Man (Thai: วัดเชียงมั่น − sometimes also written as Wat Chiang Mun) is a Buddhist temple built during 1296-1297 A.D. by Phya Mungrai. Wat Chiang Mun was the first royal temple built in the vicinity to Chiang Mai's ancient city, on the formet Wiang Chiang Mun Palace donated by Phya Mungrai. The temple instores several valuables artifacts, tjhe most…

Wat Dab Pai is located on Singharatch Road. In the past this temple was called Wat A-Pai or Wat Tung Kra Dang. Legend says that a monk called Phraya A-Pai, who was very sick and could not be cured, came to this temple and prayed for good health in front of an image of the monk, Dab-Pai. He recovered immediately. In gratitude he reconstructed the temple and changed its name to Wat Dab Pai…

Wat Fai Hin

This Temple is very quiet. It is a small Temple next to many of its near neighbours. It has a quaint ,Lanna style, Activities hall and a bell tower. Behing the Temple is a square Chedi that is presently under reconstruction. The main temple is very old, with more of that original Lanna look to it. One of the favourite features at this Temple, is the relatively new looking plaster…

Also called Wat Maha Photharam, Wat Jed Yod ("Temple of the Seven Spires") is one of the central city's most elegant sites. The chedi was built during the reign of King Tilokkarat in the late 15th century (his remains are in one of the smaller chedis), and in 1477 the World Sangkayana convened here to revise the doctrines of the Buddha. The unusual design of the main rectangular chedi with…

Wat Lam Chang is a small but quite delightful Temple with a long history. During the construction of Chiang Mai, King Mengrai stayed in an area which is now Wat Chiang Man. Near this was a large wooded area where the elephants used to transport the King into the city were kept. Some time later, a Temple was built there and was named Wat Lam Chang. The name Lam Chang means "shackled…