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High medieval · Buddhist · Thailand
Wat Phra Singh
Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai · 18.7888°, 98.9812°
Phra Buddha Sihing imageMangrai (Lan Na)Lanna
Sacred since
1345 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1345 (Lan Na)
Mangrai (Lan Na)
History & significance
A leading royal temple of Chiang Mai, founded in 1345 by Phayu, fifth king of Lan Na, and named for the Phra Buddha Sihing image brought there in 1400. Its Viharn Lai Kham was built between 1815 and 1821, and it was granted royal temple status in 1935.