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Wat Phra Sing

Wat Phra Sing, located on Sam Lan Road, houses the revered Phra Phuttha Sihing Buddha image cast in Subduing Mara. The Buddha image is now enshrined in Viharn Lai Kham. During the Songkran festival, each April 13-15, people process the most sacred Buddha image around Chiang Mai town for traditional bathing.

Formerly, this area was a Wat Li Chiang Market until 1345, King Pa Yu, the fifth king of Mengrai Dynasty commanded to built this temple and a 24-feet chedi containing his father’s ashes. The temple compound includes the lovely Viharn Lai Kham featuring exquisite woodcarvings and northern-style murals paintings, a magnificent scriptural repository with striking bas relief, and a circular stupa (in Lankan bell shape).

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Viharn Lai Kham This temple should be in the list of your plan when you come to Chiang Mai, most of foreign tourists will use the bicycle around Chiang Mai city that can be find in the bicycle rental shop or walk. Chiang Mai is the capital of the Lanna Kingdom that's why there are a lot of old temples here bicycle or walk around is a popular activity for Thai and foreign tourists.

Phra Phuttha Sihing Buddha image Sihing Buddha or Phra Singh Buddha is antique bronze casted and gold plated 79 x 63 cm, Lanka artistic style. The history says that Sihara monarchs of the Lankan continent created Phra Singh Buddha in 700 BE. later the liege of Nakhon Si Thammarat offer to Phra Ruang of Sukhothai. Sukhothai is a dependency of Ayutthaya Sihing Buddha was respectfully engage to enshrine at Ayutthaya and later moved to Kamphaeng Phet and Chiang Rai before respectfully engage back to Chiang Mai with emerald Buddha. King Narai the Great hit Chiang Mai in 2205 BE, Sihing Buddha respectfully engage to Ayutthaya and enshrined at Wat Phra Sri Sanphet for 105 years. Ayutthaya lose in Thai - Burma war in 2310 BE Phra Singh respectfully engage back to Chiang Mai and later Chiang Mai was gathered into Siam in the reign of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) Phra Singh was respectfully engage to Bangkok in 2338 BE. Sihing Buddha or Phra Singh that enshrine at Wat Phra Singh is the simulated one.