WAT PRATHAT DOI TUNG
Is located at Km. 17.5 on Highway 1149. The Lord Buddha's left collarbone relics brouhgt fron madhya Pradesh, India, have been enshrined here. It was the first time that the Lankavamsa or Theravada Buddhism was founded in Lanna Thai. In the construction of the relic stupa, a one-thousand wa long Takhap flag [or Tung in local language] was planted on the hilltop, and the stupa base was designated from the area as far as the flag flied. Thus, the hilltop where the first stupa of Lanna Thai was established was named Doi Tung. Prathat Doi Tung is an impoutant sacred place. During the homage paying festival, there are Buddhist worshippers both Thais and people from neighbouring countries, such as, the people oj chiang Tung in Shan state, Myunmar, the people of Luang Prabang and Vientiane, Lao, etc.
ADTHASITT SANGDAO
11/12/2011
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