Wat Phra Singh
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Wat Phra Singh (full name: Wat Phra Singh Woramahaviharn; Template:Langx; RTGS: Script error: No such module "lang".; is a Buddhist temple (Thai language: Wat) in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII), bestowed upon it the status of Royal temple of the first grade in 1935.
Location
Wat Phra Singh is located in the western part of the old city centre of Chiang Mai, inside the city walls and moat.
History
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Wat Phra Singh UK
In 2013, a Wat was established in Runcorn in Cheshire, England with the support of Wat Phra Singh and the President of the Council for Thai Buddhist Monks in the UK. The former Waterloo Hotel was converted into a Buddhist temple by Wat Phra Singh UK. As of May 2014[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there are five resident monks.[2]
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Gallery
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Murals inside Wihan Lai Kham
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Murals inside Wihan Lai Kham
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Murals inside Wihan Lai Kham
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Kulai Chedi
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Tunnel between Kulai Chedi and Wihan Lai Kham
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Ho Trai (temple library)
See also
- Thai temple art and architecture
- Phra Phuttha Sihing, for the image now in Bangkok
References
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- Michael Freeman, Donald Stadtner, Claude Jacques: Lanna – Thailand's Northern Kingdom. River Books, Bangkok 2001, Template:ISBN
- Clarence Aasen: Architecture of Siam. Oxford University Press 1998, Template:ISBN
- Carol Stratton: Buddhist Sculpture of Northern Thailand. Silkworm Books, Chiang Mai 2004, Template:ISBN
- 'Wat Phra Singh Woramahaviharn', in: Forbes, Andrew, and Henley, David, Ancient Chiang Mai Volume 4. Chiang Mai, Cognoscenti Books, 2012. ASIN B006J541LE
- Oliver Hargreave: Exploring Chiang Mai, City, Valley & Mountains. Within Books, 3rd print, 2002. Template:ISBN
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- Buddhist temples in Chiang Mai
- Thai Theravada Buddhist temples and monasteries
- 14th-century Buddhist temples