Wat Inthakhin Sadue Muang
Original home of a sacred protective pillar, marked today by an ornate viharn and twin brick chedis.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Wat Inthakhin Sadue Muang in Chiang Mai opens with an origin myth: a pillar gifted by the god Indra to protect the valley from demons, and the disaster that followed when the people stopped honoring it. It traces how King Mangrai planted a new city pillar on this spot in 1296, making it the spiritual center of the Lanna kingdom for five centuries, and how King Kawila later moved the sacred pillar across town. Look for the old viharn and the twin brick chedis still standing on the site.
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