Wat Chedi Jed Yod ( Royal Temple).

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I took a ride around town yesterday (Sunday) and ended up at an old Wat that I had not been to as yet. Wat Chedi Jed Yod ( Royal Temple).  It has seven pagodas.  In 1455, a temple was built on the present site of the monastery by the royal command of King Tilokaraj the 11th Monarch of Lanna.  It is said he had a seed of the sacred Maha Bodhi tree of India.   The Tree was planted and hard as it maybe to believe, there is a very large and revered tree in the yard. The temple was built as a replica of Gaya in Bihar India. After his death, the King was cremated and rests in the Chedi on sight.

So here are some pictures of the day     First, the dogs here looked better than they did up on the

mountain but I will say the viewer a close up since he is pretty shaggy with my sores on the body.  At least you don't see bones.  The other thing about the dogs, they appear all to be in the Now... and content with what they have.   If you put them on the bike... they stay and go... If you walk within an inch of the nose.  they stay.   You rarely hear a bark except a bitch who has been selected for a mounting.  Unfortunately, little attempt to control the population of the street dogs.

 The other element of a temple is the rooster or hens.   They look healthy but I suspect that they are dinner at some time so keeped plump. This guy was by himself and then when I came back to the area, there was a little group.

Everyone who comes has incenses, flowers and candles of various sizes and shapes.   They are lite and then left.

The older folks appear to stay on the knees longer.  The young girls often stand to worship.  What is interesting about this woman, she has let her hair not be brown #16.  The shade of everyone.

It was a very interesting temple and while many of the carvings on the side had deteriorated, they were still very charming.  I am not sure of the significance, but there were ceramic and glass asps all around.

Inside the temple was a very nice alter.  I was a little dark but very nice. Below is the Chedi of the old king of Lanna

As for the tree.   They are proping it up with sticks.  You can buy a stick and write something on the stick and then put it up under a branch.

The faces of the Buddhas were much softer.  They usually are representative of the artist.  

I don't think the artist was northern Thai.