Wat Phra Chedi Sao Lang ( th, วัดพระเจดีย์ซาวหลัง, literally 'monastery of twenty stupas' in Lanna Thai) is a

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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

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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''.

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{{reflist Buddhist temples in Lampang province Overseas Burmese Buddhist temples