Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan

The most important temple in southern Thailand and one of the most sacred in the country. The great gold-topped chedi rises over 55 meters and houses a relic of the Buddha brought from Sri Lanka over 1,000 years ago. The cloistered galleries contain 173 Buddha images, and the temple complex has been a center of Theravada Buddhism since the Srivijaya period....