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Should you go to the White Temple or the Blue Temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand?
Visiting the White Temple in Chiang Rai The White Temple ... (many coming off of tour buses – some from as far away as Chiang Mai) milling around. While it’s not as crowded as some tourist ...
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Exploring the majestic Buddhist temples and heritage sites in northern Thailand
His yet-unfinished White Temple complex is more than mere ... THE MAGNIFICENT Wat Phra, Doi Suthep’s most important temple in Chiang Mai. (credit: MOTTI VERSES) For years, it was known as ...
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Flowers in their hair: Shan boys ordained into Buddhist monkhood
In shimmering robes, jewellery and colourful floral headpieces, more than 40 boys were carried around the Ku Tao temple in Chiang Mai three times on relatives ... Before dawn, Donlaphat put on ...
Photos of vivid Buddhist celebration in Thailand that’s a rite of passage for Shan boys
The Poy Sang Long celebration is a vibrant three-day ritual before boys of Myanmar’s Shan people enter monastic life for up ...