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Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao or Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao Suchadaram is
located in WiangNuea sub-district, Mueang district, Lampang
province.
The temple was built between 1782 and 1809,
during which the Chiang Saen people had been captured and herded
to locate in Khelang town to recall goodness of MrsSuchada after
being sentenced to death because of misunderstanding. However,
the truth was revealed later. It was believed that the temple
was a home and a watermelon farm of Goddess Suchada in the past.
Later on 6 August 1984, the Ministry of Education combined
WatSuchadaram with WatPhraKaeo Don Tai and called it WatPhraKaeo
Don Tao Suchadaram.
Its ordination hall is Chiang Saen
style of architecture. It is a stucco-over-brick building
decorated with mural paintings covered withlacquer and gold
leaves. Inside the hall,a Buddha image in the attitude of
subduing Mara is enshrined on a plaster base. The ordination
hall was renovated in 1922, 1960 and 2007on the occasion of The
Sixtieth Anniversary Celebrations of His Majesty's Accession to
the Throne.
The reason why it was named Wat Phra Kaeo Don
Tao was that Mrs. Suchada found an emerald in the watermelon and
offered it to a great monk who hired a craftsman to carve it as
a Buddha image called PhraKaeo Don Tao. Afterwards, it was
enshrined at Wat Phra That Lampang Luang. According to the
legend, someone told this story to Lampang governor at that time
that that monk and Mrs. Suchada had committed adultery. She was
therefore executed while the monk fled away with the Buddha
image, which has been enshrined at Wat Phra That Lampang Luang
till present. Faithful people donated money to build a temple at
Suchada’s house called WatSuchadaram. Some assumed that Wat Phra
Kaeo Don Tao and Wat Suchadaram were deserted, adding that this
area was a watermelon orchard and upland. The Buddha relics were
therefore called PhraBoromathat Don Tao and its temple was named
WatPhra That Don Tao. Later when
Phra Kaeo Don Tao was enshrined, its name was changed to
“Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao”. |
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Mueang |
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Wiang Nuea |
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18.30130 N |
99.509010 E |
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