Wat Chedi Luang Review

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Wat Chedi Luang

  • Address: Phrapokklao Rd., between Ratchamankha and Ratchadamnoen Rds., Chiang Mai

Fodor's Review:

In 1411 King Saen Muang Ma ordered his workers to build a chedi "as high as a dove could fly." He died before the structure was finished, as did the next king. During the reign of the following king, an earthquake knocked down about a third of the 282-foot spire, and it's now a superb ruin. The parklike grounds contain a variety of assembly halls, chapels, a 30-foot-long reclining Buddha, and the ancient city pillar. The main assembly hall, a vast, pillared building guarded by two nagas (mythical snakes believed to control the irrigation waters in rice fields), has been restored and was reopened to the public in 2008.

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