Wat Chedi Luang
A huge brick chedi in the middle of Chiang Mai's old city, still massive though it lost its upper part centuries ago. It once housed the Emerald Buddha, and its grounds join what were originally three separate wats.
- Where
- Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 18.7869, 98.9864
Get the Wat Chedi Luang stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Wat Chedi Luang. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Chiang Mai volume with your photos and a note.
Near Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Phra Singh 0.6 km
A royal wat in the old city of Chiang Mai that enshrines the Phra Buddha Sihing, one of the most revered Buddha images of the north. Among its Lanna buildings is the small Viharn Lai Kham, painted inside with old murals of northern life.
Tha Phae Gate 0.7 km
The eastern gate of Chiang Mai's walled old city and the best known of them, its brick wall standing by the moat. What stands now was rebuilt in 1985 and 1986 on the old site, and the square in front is the city's meeting point for festivals and crowds.
Chiang Mai Night Bazaar 1.5 km
An evening market strung along Chang Khlan Road between the old city moat and the Ping River. It began with Chinese merchants and grew into blocks of stalls selling northern crafts, clothes and portrait paintings done while you wait.
Ban Haw Mosque 1.6 km
One of the biggest mosques in Chiang Mai province, a short walk from the Night Bazaar. It was founded by Chinese Muslim migrants, and the lanes around it still serve the Yunnanese food of that community.
Wat Suan Dok 2.0 km
A royal wat about a kilometre west of the old city moat, on ground that was once a Lanna king's flower garden. Its field of white chedis holds the ashes of Chiang Mai's royal family, set against the slopes of Doi Suthep behind.
Chiang Mai National Museum 2.9 km
A museum run by the Fine Arts Department, close to Wat Chet Yot in the northwest of Chiang Mai. It tells the history of the Lanna kingdom through sculpture, ceramics and everyday objects, with labels in Thai and English.
Wat Umong 3.5 km
A forest wat about 700 years old on the edge of Chiang Mai, named for the tunnels dug into its hillside. Monks have meditated in these brick passages, lit by small shrines, and the wooded grounds around them are still quiet.
Wiang Kum Kam 3.8 km
The ruins of a city King Mangrai built on the Ping River as his capital before he founded Chiang Mai. Floods drove its people away and silt buried it for centuries; today its brick chedis and temple bases lie scattered among the lanes south of the city.
More national monuments in Chiang Mai
Questions
Where is Wat Chedi Luang?
Wat Chedi Luang is in Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Wat Phra Singh (0.6 km), Tha Phae Gate (0.7 km), Chiang Mai Night Bazaar (1.5 km).
How do I get the Wat Chedi Luang stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Wat Chedi Luang and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Chiang Mai volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Wat Chedi Luang before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Chiang Mai volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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