Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao

Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao
วัดพระแก้วดอนเต้า
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
SectTheravada Buddhism
ProvinceLampang Province
StatusActive
Location
MunicipalityLampang
CountryThailand
Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao is located in Thailand
Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao
Shown within Thailand
Geographic coordinates18°18′05″N 99°30′33″E / 18.301488°N 99.509086°E / 18.301488; 99.509086
Architecture
Date establishedc. 1500s

Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao (Thai: วัดพระแก้วดอนเต้า, literally "monastery of the Emerald Buddha on the water jar knoll"[1]) is the principal Buddhist temple in Lampang, Thailand.[2] The temple was founded by the first Mon ruler of Lampang.[2] The Emerald Buddha was enshrined at this temple from 1434 to 1468, when King Tilokaraj relocated the image to Wat Phra Singh in Chiang Mai.[2] The temple's Mon-style chedi, which is reputed to contain a strand of the Buddha's hair, is 50 metres (160 ft) tall. It is flanked by a Burmese-style mondop, with a pyatthat spired roof, that was commissioned by Lampang's governor in 1909.[2]

References

  1. ^ orientalarchitecture.com. "Asian Historical Architecture: A Photographic Survey". www.orientalarchitecture.com. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  2. ^ a b c d Freeman, Michael (2001). Lanna: Thailand's Northern Kingdom. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500976029.
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