Wat Phra Sing
Wat Phra Sing, or sometimes spelled etymologically as Wat Phra Singh, is a Buddhist temple located on Tha Luang Road in Tambon Wiang, Mueang district, Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand.Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Theravada
- Description: Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai province, Thailand
- Also known as: “Wat Phra Sing, Chiang Rai”
- Address: ถนน สิงหไคล, เชียงราย, 57000
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Darunaman Mosque and Wat Phra Kaew.
Darunaman Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Iceway12, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Darun Aman Mosque or Ban Haw Mosque, is the biggest Sunni mosque in the Chiang Rai Province of Thailand. The mosque was one of the mosques in northern Thailand built by Hui people, known as Chin Haw in Thai. Darunaman Mosque is situated 440 metres south of Wat Phra Sing.
Wat Phra Kaew
Buddhist temple
Photo: Ddalbiez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wat Phra Kaew is a third-common-class royal temple situated in the area of 10,640 square metres on Trairat road, Wiang sub-district, Muang Chiang Rai in Chiang Rai City, Thailand. Wat Phra Kaew is situated 370 metres west of Wat Phra Sing.
Wat Klang WiangWat Klang Wiang
Monastery
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Klang WiangWat Klang Wiang is a monastery, which is situated 210 metres southeast of Wat Phra Sing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chiang Rai and Ban Du.
Chiang Rai
Photo: Ddalbiez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chiang Rai is the northernmost major city in Thailand, with a population of approximately 70,000 people. It is located in Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai Province.
Ban Du
Town
Ban Du is a tambon of Mueang Chiang Rai District, in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. In 2005, it had a population of 14,542 people. The tambon has 19 villages. One of those villages also has the name Ban Du. Ban Du is situated 7 km northeast of Wat Phra Sing.
Wat Phra Sing
- Categories: wat, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Wiang, Mueang Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
19.91153° or 19° 54′ 42″ northLongitude
99.83056° or 99° 49′ 50″ eastOpen location code
7MFXWR6J+J6OpenStreetMap ID
way 712045323OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=theravadaWikidata ID
Q6630425
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Thai—“Wat Phra Sing” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဖရာဆင်းကျောင်းတော်၊ ချင်းရိုင်”
- Chinese: “帕辛寺”
- German: “Wat Phra Sing”
- Thai: “วัดพระสิงห์”
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