Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Neighborhood Wat, Chiang Mai... Altar


This little guy was in the very back of the complex under a group of trees. I've never seen anything that looks like this before, and I don't know the significance.... but it made me giggle!

Neighborhood Wat, Chiang Mai... Temple Roof

Mural inside the chapel of the reclining Buddha

A small neighborhood Wat with a BIG reclining Buddha


This wat was very small and tucked off a side street in old Chiang Mai. Though the main temple and the whole complex itself were very small, there was a large and impressive reclining Buddha statue housed in a side chapel. The statue itself was beautiful and covered in gold leaf. The chapel containing it was painted on the inside with dozens of murals depicting significant events in the life of Buddha. There was no one else around so I spent some time admiring....

Reclining Buddha... holy footprint


Reclining Buddha... head shots


Mural over the entrance to the large reclining Buddha

Chiang Mai... small neighborhood Wat



A line of Buddhas along the wall of the main chapel, and the holy shrine at the base of the Wat's sacred Bodhi tree near the front gate.

Chiang Mai... old City Hall

Small chapel at Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai

Some Chiang Mai roof tops