@siennylovesdrawing 👩🏻's favourite💗spot📍during her recent #trip to #Chiangmai #Thailand 🇹🇭is #WatSriSuphan Aram #วัดศรีสุพรรณ aka #SilverTemple on the Wualai Road, yes✅, same location for Wualai Saturday Night Market 🛒🛍 Swipe left ➡️ for more #photos 📸📸 Special thanks to @shadsakeri🧕🏼for cover photo of this album 🙏🏻💗🤗 . . A Lanna-style Buddhist #temple which was originally built during the Mangrai dynasty with both interior & exterior of impressive🤩hand crafted silver decoration & fully lit up in fantastic lighting💡at night🌃🌌 Amazingly beautiful😍The last 2️⃣ night photos in this album credited to @tish_musher 🙋🏽‍♂️
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It's 1️⃣ of the oldest Thai temple with approximately 30millions THB construction costs & has been rebuilt & renovated over the different historical periods . .
You are welcome to greet the monks in this temple & every Saturday night 🌃🌌 a monk chat & meditation🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♂️Donation is welcome
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Wat Chedi Luang was initially named Wat Chotikaram which means “bright temple”. According to legend, the main stupa glittered so bright at night, it could be seen as far as 4000 metres away. During the restoration of the main stupa in 1993, a number of terracotta lamps were found during the excavation, confirming the legend as true. . The stupa has 4 niches, one at each direction. Each niche housed a Buddha image in meditation gesture except the eastern niche which enshrined the Emerald Buddha (now moved to the Royal Palace, Bangkok). . In 1545, during the reign of Queen Chira Prapha of Mangrai Dynasty, the stupa collapsed as seen today due to long heavy rains and an earthquake. . I wondered why there were no stairs leading to the stupa. The stair ways were changed to steep slopes to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering during the restoration. . I found all this info from the inconspicuous museum I stumbled upon within the temple area. . . #bedifultrip

The Princesses of Mangrai-Kengtung