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| Street scene in Chaing Mai, showing the old city walls |
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| The stupa at Wat Chiang Man, the oldest temple in Chiang Mai, in part dating from 1296 | The stupa and ordination hall at Wat Chiang Man |
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| Elephant sculptures at Wat Chiang Man | Buddha image at Wat Chiang Mai |
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| Naga sculptures at Wat Chiang Man | Naga sculptures at Wat Chiang Man |
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| Billboard of Queen Sirikit, Chiang Mai | Statues of the Three Kings of Chiang Mai |
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| The ruined stupa at Wat Chedi Luang, which dates from 1391 and was destroyed in an earthquake in 1545 | The ruined stupa, which was once the home of the Emerald Buddha, now in Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok |
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| Other buildings at Wat Chedi Luang | Naga sculptures guard the stairway to the stupa at Wat Chedi Luang |
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| A Buddha image in the niche which once housed the Emerald Buddha | Modern nagas guard the ordination hall at Wat Chedi Luang |
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| Elephant statues at Wat Chedi Luang | Some of the many Buddha images at Wat Chedi Luang |
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| Another view of the area around the stupa at Wat Chedi Luang | The view of Chiang Mai from Wat Doi Suthep, in the hills north-west of the city |
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| Thais and tourists at Wat Doi Suthep | At Wat Doi Suthep |
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| Pilgrims pray before a Buddha image at Wat Doi Suthep. Unlike many other wats in Chiang Mai, Wat Doi Suthep is a "working temple," in constant use as a place of worship for Thais and other Buddhists |
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| Modern Buddha images at Wat Doi Suthep | The golden stupa at Wat Doi Suthep |