Until Nov 15, Wat Phra That Hariphunchai Woramahawihan in Lamphun will be illuminated by the Hundred Thousand Lanna Lantern Festival.
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Until Nov 15, Wat Phra That Hariphunchai Woramahawihan in Lamphun will be illuminated by the Hundred Thousand Lanna Lantern Festival. To preserve Lanna practices, worshippers will create colourful, handcrafted lanterns to pay homage to Buddha’s relics and write names and birthdays on them to pray for prosperity and discovering the light in their life.
According to legend, Buddha’s relics were discovered beneath the ground of King Arthitayarat’s royal palace and he donated the site to build a pagoda in 897, making it one of the eight oldest pagodas in the Lanna region.
It was restored in the Ceylonese style by King Tilokarat of Chiang Mai in 1443, and Wihan Laung was rebuilt in 1915 by Kruba Srivichai to house a statue of Phra Maha Muni Sri Hariphunchai, a blend of Sukhothai and Lanna art.
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