Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao | |
Native Name: | วัดพระแก้วดอนเต้า |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Map Type: | Thailand |
Map Size: | 250 |
Coordinates: | 18.3015°N 99.5091°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Buddhism |
Sect: | Theravada Buddhism |
Festivals: | --> |
Municipality: | Lampang |
Province: | Lampang Province |
Country: | Thailand |
Functional Status: | Active |
Established: | 1500s |
Date Destroyed: | --> |
Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao (Thai: วัดพระแก้วดอนเต้า, literally "monastery of the Emerald Buddha on the water jar knoll"[1]) is the principal Buddhist temple in Lampang, Thailand.[2] The temple was founded by the first Mon ruler of Lampang.[2] The Emerald Buddha was enshrined at this temple from 1434 to 1468, when King Tilokaraj relocated the image to Wat Phra Singh in Chiang Mai.[2] The temple's Mon-style chedi, which is reputed to contain a strand of the Buddha's hair, is tall. It is flanked by a Burmese-style mondop, with a pyatthat spired roof, that was commissioned by Lampang's governor in 1909.[2]