Holy Pool at Doi Khamo บ่อน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ดอยขะม้อ ลำพูน
Holy Pool at Doi Khamo (บ่อน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ดอยขะม้อ ลำพูน) Lamphun Holy Pool at Doi Khamo is situated in Tambon Makhuea Chae. To get
there, drive along Highway 11 and turn into Highway 1147, about
20 km. from the city behind the Lamphun Industrial Estate. It is an
extinct volcano in a form like a cone-shaped food cover. The crater at
its top has a width of 3 metres and a depth of 6 metres. There is water
all year in the lower part of the pool. To travel to the pool at the top of
the mountain, visitors have to climb up stairs with 1,749 steps. From
the past until now, people believe that it is a holy place where women
are not allowed to scoop water from. When the festival to bath
Phrathat Hariphunchai is held, the water in this pool will be taken to
mix with the royal water. Then the mixed lustral water will be used
to bath the Phrathat. In the coronation ceremony of every reign, the
water in this pool will be taken to be mixed with lustral water.