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Early modern · Buddhist · Thailand

Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon

Nai Mueang, Mueang Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen · 16.4081°, 102.8342°

Relics of the Buddha, kept in crystal containersRattanakosinIndochina-Dvaravati
Sacred since
1789 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
wat founded 1789; stupa for King Bhumibol's Golden Jubilee
Rattanakosin

History & significance

A nine-storey stupa 80 m high on a square base of 50 m at Wat Nong Waeng beside the Kaen Nakhon marsh in Khon Kaen, raised to mark the Golden Jubilee of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and the bicentenary of the province, and modelled on Phra That Kham Kaen. The wat itself was founded in 1789 by Thao Pia Mueang Pan, was left as the old town when the city moved in 1811, and was approved as a royal temple in 1984.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Rattanakosin