Thailand: Statue of the hermit Sudeva at Wat Phrathat Doi Kham, Chiang Mai. Wat Phrathat Doi Kham or ‘Temple of the Golden Mount’, is located in Tambon Mae Hia, about 10km south of Chiang Mai Old City, in the lee of Doi Suthep. Temple records claim that the temple dates back over 1,300 years ‘to 687 CE’, during the pre-Lan Na period when the region was inhabited by the indigenous animist Lawa. Chiang Mai (meaning 'new city'), sometimes written as 'Chiengmai' or 'Chiangmai', is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. King Mengrai founded the city in 1296.

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