Chiang Mai

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Chiang Mai 069.jpg (39883 bytes) Temple Cloister
Head of a Naga, serpent guarding the temple steps. Chiang Mai 070.jpg (39858 bytes)
Chiang Mai 353.jpg (40002 bytes) Wat Chedi Luang

Reconstructing  the temple toppled by an earthquake in 1545.  Wat Chedi Luang was the home of  the Emerald Buddha for 84 years

 

Much of the heavy manual labour is done by women.

 

By the entrance to the Wat is an ancient gum tree.   Legend has it that should the gum tree fall, a great calamity will overtake the city

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