WAT PRATHAD SI CHOM TONG

58 kms southwest of Chiang Mai is the town of Chom Thong, home of the handsome Wat (Temple) Prathat Si Chom Thong, a popular temple with Thais and tourists alike.

The temple, with its beautiful gilded chedi, dates from 1451. The large cruciform viharn, built in 1516, houses a collection of fine bronze Buddha images carved on elephant tusks.

A secondary chapel contains a holy Buddha relic.