Wat Chiang Man
Oldest temple in the city, home to a tiny crystal Buddha and an elephant-ringed chedi.
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This guide to Wat Chiang Man, Chiang Mai's oldest temple, follows a palm-sized crystal Buddha that once belonged to Queen Chamathewi of Hariphunchai, a kingdom torn apart by the warlord Mangrai in the twelve eighties. The statue survived the sack of her city intact, and Mangrai kept it as he built his own new capital nearby. Beside it today sits a second sacred figure, carved in stone, showing the Buddha calming a charging elephant.
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