The Big Phra That Chedi

Keywords : Bell-shaped Chedi, Chedi, Phra That Doi Kong Mu, Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu, Burmese chedi, Phaya Singhanat Raja, Amarapura-Mandalay art

Artwork alternative name	The Old Chedi, Phra That Doi Kong Mu
Site common name	Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu
Type of artwork	Architecture
Sub district	Chong Kham
District	Mueang Mae Hong Son
Province	Mae Hong Son
Region	North
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 19.300005 Long : 97.960337
Geographic Coordinates DMS	Lat : 390812.73 Long : 2134393.87
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 Q Hemisphere : N E : 390812.73 N : 2134393.87
Place of artwork	At the northeast of the Bell Chedi in octagonal plan.

History of production	This chedi was built by Phaya Singhanat Raja, the first ruler of Mae Hong Son to commemorate his position as governor in 1864, for containing the relics of Phra Sariputra from Mandalay, Myanmar.
Production process	Masonry
Conservation	Announcing the registration of archaeological sites in the Government Gazette, Volume 98, Chapter 177, 27 October 1981.
Art	This chedi is a bell shape chedi. It has two layer flat base and three layer lotus base that decorate with singha, norasingha, purnaghata(abundance pot) and stupika, the short bell in the circular plan, short cone shape, spire and tiered umbrella on top.
Key academic information	The only Burmese chedi in Thailand that is organized systematically similar to the authentic Burmese chedi in the Amarapura-Mandalay art.
Notice	The two layer flat base that decorate with norasingha should be the result of restoration because this part overlaps the lotus base, it shows that this chedi was originally located on the ground. This chedi therefore resembles a true Burmese chedi in the art of Amarapura-Mandalay consistent with the Khan Tha Lay, the first governor that migrated from Burma and should have brought craftsman too. This chedi has been built the Payathat building close to the Chedi which is popular in Burmese style chedi in Mae Hong Son school of art such as Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu, Wat Chong Klang etc.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Myanmar
Age	25th Buddhist century
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	Theravada
Related artwork	1. The chedi of Wat Chong Sung, Mae Sariang District, Mae Hong Son province is an example of a Burmese style chedi in Mae Hong Son province that has the same proportions as a genuine Burmese chedi. 2. The Kuthodaw Chedi, Mandalay is an example of a genuine Burmese chedi in Burma that built by King Mindon.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-05-19
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
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