Lampang : Wat Chedi Sao Lang

     About 5 kilometres from town on the Lampang-Chae Hom road is Wat Chedi Sao Lang - cool and shaded by large trees, the temple has twenty chedis in its compound, each made in the combined Lanna-Burmese style. A Chiang Saen-style bronze Buddha statue is also enshrined here, commonly referred to as "Phra Chao Than Chai" by the local people.


     Wat Chedi Sao means the 'temple of the 20 Chedis'. It also sits amidst trees and rice fields on the outskirts of Lampang and is an ancient temple, over 1000 years old. Behind the Chedi's is the small Lanna-style Phra Viharn, which contains the beautiful golden image of Phra Saen Sae Thongkham, a statue which had been found in 1982 in a nearby field. A large seated Chiang Saen-style Buddha image called Phra Buddha Rup Than Chai, which is flanked by two standing images, can be seen in the Viharn next to the Chedi's.