Chiang Mai - Wat Chedi Luang

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Wat Chedi Luang Description

The ruined but nevertheless impressive brick chedi, oldest of the buildings in the spacious precinct of Wat Chedi Luang, collapsed during an earthquake in 1545. The massive base - unusually constructed in a combination of brick and laterite - gives only an inkling of the chedi's once towering height (90 m (295 ft)). Its story began in 1401 with the erection of a small chedi in memory of San Muang Ma, who died in that year. This was later enlarged, first by his widow and then again by King Tiloka his grandson (the pagoda at Bodhgaya in India being taken as a model). Fine elephant heads and carvings of Buddha can still be seen in the niches. The famous Emerald Buddha (now in Wat Phra Kaeo in Bangkok) is reputed to have stood at one time in

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Hobbies & Activities category: Buddhist site or artifact collection; Archeological site or ruin