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Wat Phra That Lampang Luang is a Lanna-style Buddhist temple in Lampang in Lampang Province, Thailand. The temple is said to enshrine a relic of the Buddha. Such relics are typically bones and ashes believed to be gathered after the Buddha's cremation. The relic is installed in the main chedi of the temple.

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Wat Kaew Don Tao Suchadaram

Wat Kaew Don Tao Suchadaram

15.77km from Wat Phra That Lampang Luang

Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao is the principal Buddhist temple in Lampang, Thailand. The temple was founded by the first Mon ruler of Lampang. The Emerald Buddha was enshrined at this temple from 1434 to 1468, when King Tilokaraj relocated the image to Wat Phra Singh in Chiang Mai. The temple's Mon-style chedi, which is reputed to contain a strand of the Buddha's hair, is 50 metres tall.

Wiang Kosai National Park

Wiang Kosai National Park

35.21km from Wat Phra That Lampang Luang

Wiang Kosai is the first national park in Phrae province. It covers Phrae and Lampang provinces and is crossed over by Phee Pan Nam mountain range. The park covers an area of about 410 square kilometers. The park was declared a national park on 09 October 1981. The landscape of Prae is of high steep mountains covered with dry evergreen forest and mixed deciduous forests.

Mae Kerng Water Fall

Mae Kerng Water Fall

36km from Wat Phra That Lampang Luang

Mae Koeng Waterfalls are a part of Wiang ko sai National Park in Northern Thailand, Wang chin District of Phrae province and Mae tha, Toen, Sop prab District of Lampang Province. Mae Koeng is a large waterfall. The water flows all years. Water flows terracing resemble like a step from Mae Koeng mountain.

Wat Phra That Haripunchai Woramahawihan

Wat Phra That Haripunchai Woramahawihan

56.7km from Wat Phra That Lampang Luang

Wat Phra That Hariphunchai is a Buddhist temple in Lamphun, Thailand. The temple's origins date from the 11th century but the central stupa is thought to originate in the 9th century. The temple was first rebuilt in 1443 by King Tilokaraja of Lanna kingdom Chiang Mai. The temple's pyramid-shaped Chedi Suwanna was built in 1418.

Chae Son National Park

Chae Son National Park

69.4km from Wat Phra That Lampang Luang

Chae Son National Park is a popular destination for its natural beauties. The main attractions of the park are the misty and picturesque hot springs and waterfalls. Other attractions are caves, viewpoints along the roads, trails and seasonal blossoms blooming in the colder winter months. It is one of the beautiful locations in Thailand.

Wiang Kum Kam

Wiang Kum Kam

71.9km from Wat Phra That Lampang Luang

Located in attractive countryside about five kilometres south of Chiang Mai along the Ping River, Wiang Kum Kam is an ancient city dating back to the eighth-century Haripunchai Kingdom. Later on it served as the capital of the then Lanna Kingdom for a short while until Chiang Mai was chosen to replace it in 1296.

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Lampang is a province in the upper northern part of Thailand consisting of mountains and forests. Lampang is the only town in Thailand where horse carts are available that are exclusively used for entertaining the tourists.

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