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Lampang, Lampang · 18.2172°, 99.3889°
A walled hilltop monastery founded in the fifteenth century and reckoned among the most authentic surviving examples of Lanna architecture in northern Thailand, enshrining relics said to include a hair of the Buddha and ashes from his forehead and neck. In 1732 Phraya Chaisongkhram launched his surprise attack on the Burmese garrison occupying Lampang from inside the compound, killing their commander and founding the Chet Ton dynasty; bullet damage from the fight is still shown to visitors.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Local tradition holds that the Buddha passed this way, accepted honey offered in a bamboo tube by Lawa people, foretold that the place would become the city of Lampakappa Nakhon, and left a hair relic that devotees believe lies beneath the central chedi.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Lanna
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