Wat Chet Yot
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Wat Chet Yot (
Location
Wat Chet Yot is located northwest of the city centre of Chiang Mai along the Super Highway Chiang Mai - Lampang (Highway 11), north of the intersection of Huai Kaeo road and Nimmanhemin road.
Construction history
King
According to the Jinakālamālī chronicle, in 1455 CE the king planted a
Temple structures
The design of the central sanctuary, the Maha Pho
The interior of the building contains a barrel vaulted corridor which leads to a Buddha statue at its end. Right and left of the Buddha statue narrow stairs lead up to the roof. In days past a bodhi tree grew on top of the roof but which was removed in 1910 CE to prevent the structure from collapse. Women should not climb up to the roof as only men are allowed to enter this part of the temple.[1]
The exterior façades of the building feature 70, partially strongly weathered, stucco reliefs of Thewada (Devas), divine beings, the faces of whom have allegedly been modelled after relatives of King Tilokarat.
Other buildings
The extensive temple grounds contain several more chedis (and remains of chedis) in
In the northeast corner of the temple compound is a small
A pond and a square mondop are at the southern end of the temple grounds. The mondop features a statue of the Buddha being sheltered by the nāga Mucalinda.
Several Buddha statues showing different mudra (symbolic hand gestures) are found along the western part of the compound with the explanations of the gestures provided in English on information plaques.
Gallery
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Tilokarat chedi
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Chedi Animisa
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The interior of the Maha Chedi is undergoing renovation
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Gable woodcarving of the ubosot
References
Sources
- Michael Freeman: Lanna - Thailand's Northern Kingdom. River Books, Bangkok 2001, ISBN 0-500-97602-3
- ISBN 974-91558-8-2