Wat Phra Non (Temple of the Reclining Buddha)

Wat Phra Non (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) is so called because the temple houses the largest reclining Buddha statue in Maehongson. The statue is housed in the sermon hall. Wat Phra Non lies in the west of town, next to the stairways to Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu. It is an important temple because it was built by order of Phraya Singha-nat Racha, the first ruler of Maehongson, in 1874 AD to commemorate his coronation. Another reason for its presitigious status is that the royal ashes of all the past rulers are enshrined here. The temple's land was officially granted to the temple as a consecrated ground by a royal charter in 1925. The incumbent abbot is Phra Bai Dika Sat Satsano.



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