this is a buddhist temple in chiang mai. it was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 1545. it’s freakin’ HUGE! the temple shares it’s grounds with a couple of other temples: wat ho tham and wat sukmin. the city pillar was moved to the temple grounds around 1800 by king chao kawila. the king also planted a dipterocarp tree there to help the pillar protect the city.

when you first walk through the gates, there’s a huge, ornate viharn (a place that houses the principle buddha) right in front. here’s the dragon decorations that are on either side of the steps that lead into the viharn:

we walked around the side. there’s a lady walking towards the camera, you can use her as a point of reference to see how huge just the viharn is! you can also easily see wat chedi luang in the background:

another picture of the side of the viharn and a back view (there’s me sitting on the stairs!):

here’s a detail shot of the gold work on the roof of the viharn:

chedi luang itself, with some monks walking by for a size reference:

buddha statue in chedi luang:

dragons guarding the chedi luang stairs:

here’s the huge dipterocarp tree (you can see shaun walking across the bottom of the picture):

here’s some dragons at the entrance to a small temple or shrine on the chedi luang temple grounds:

shaun walking around a game table on the temple grounds:

the brick under the game table had lots of writing on it, i’m not sure what it’s for or what it means:

here’s the different buddhas that were in this one covered area (i like the reclining one the best). they were gigantic:

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