Don't just say stupa to a chedi

By Lung Jan
Posted in Background, Sights, Buddhism, History, Temples
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April 16, 2024

You simply cannot miss it in Thailand; the chedis, the local variant of what is known in the rest of the world - with the exception of Tibet (chorten), Sri Lanka (dagaba) or Indonesia (candi), as the stupas, the round structures containing Buddhist relics or, as in some cases also the cremated remains of the Great Ones of the Land and their relatives.

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Wat Phra Pathom Chedi at Nakhon Pathom

By Lodewijk Lagemaat
Posted in Sights, Temples
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March 23 2020

Gringo's posting on March 15 about the train journey to Phetchaburi suddenly reminded me of the place Nakhon Pathom where a stopover was made, but which I visited myself.

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