Wat Mahawan, pay homage to the sacred image of the Buddha (Phra Rod Luang)

#VisitSecondaryCities 🙏Wat Mahawan, the royal temple of Queen Chamadevi, was originally named Wat Mahawanaram. According to the book Chamadeviwong, Queen Chamadevi, along with monks, Brahmins, peasants, craftsmen of various branches, wealthy people, and wealthy people, traveled from Lavo to rule Hariphunchai. 🏰After the coronation ceremony, around the year 1204, he built 4 monasteries as residences for the monks: Aranyikramaram (Wat Don Kaew (Wat Ton Kaew)), Aphattharam (Wat Phra Kong Rishi), Maha Ladararam (Wat Pratu Li or Wat Sangkharam) and Mahawanaram (Wat Mahawan). 🙏He invited the sacred relic (Phra Rod Luang or Phra Sila Dam) from Lavo to be enshrined at Wat Mahawanaram. (This Buddha Sikhi is a mold for making amulets - Phra Rod Mahawan) 🙏 After that, he created many types of Buddha images and amulets. Some were enshrined in the chedis of the 4 great temples. The other part was distributed to soldiers, courtiers, and the general public. 🙏 Among the amulets he created, there was Phra Rod Lamphun (Phra Rod Lamphun is one of the 5 oldest Benjaphakee amulets. It is the first amulet mold created in the world.) 🙏 It is believed that Phra Rod is sacred and magical in terms of escaping danger, being charming, gaining wealth, and being invulnerable. 🏰 In the year 1620, Phraya Sapphasit, the king of Hariphunchai, renovated Wat Mahawanaram and the chedi and built a large Buddha image made of brick and mortar in the Mara-Vijaya posture in the Lanna art style as the principal Buddha image in the temple. And changed the name to "Wat Mahawan" 💥Wat Mahawan: Chamadevi Road, Nai Mueang Subdistrict, Mueang Lamphun District, Lamphun Province 🌐Coordinates: https://maps.app.goo.gl/53jjtPWoArK193iy8 🕕Opening - closing hours: 06.00 - 18.00 #Lamphun #VisitLamphun #PlacesToVisitLamphun