Wat Phra Chedi Sao Lang ( th, วัดพระเจดีย์ซาวหลัง, literally 'monastery of twenty stupas' in Lanna Thai) is a
Buddhist temple
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in
Lampang
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,
Thailand
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.
The temple is located approximately north of Lampang, and is noted for its series of 20
chedi arranged in a courtyard.
The chedis' bases are built in the Lan Na style, and whose upper parts are built in the Burmese style.
The temple also houses a 15th-century solid
gold
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Buddha image that weighs .
The name ''Chedi Sao Lang'' means 20
Chedis; () is
Lanna dialect for 'twenty' and () is the countive of ''Chedi''.
References
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Buddhist temples in Lampang province
Overseas Burmese Buddhist temples