Wat Saen Fang

Chiang Mai


A large and colourful wát with an impressive, mosaic-tiled chedi that blends Burmese and Lanna styles. The chedi is guarded by lion figures and an old scripture library was constructed to the west of it in 1869. Don't miss the elaborately carved wooden facade of the viharn (sermon hall).


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