Chiang Mai Temple Tours

1. A quick introduction to Thai temples architecture and vocabulary UBOSOT OR BOT the ordination hall and most sacred area of a wat. Eight Sema stones (Bai Sema, mark the consecrated area. MONDOP A mondop is a specifc square or cruciform based building or shrine, some- times with a spired roof within a Thai Buddhist temple or temple complex. It is a ceremonial structural form that can be applied to several diferent kinds of buildings. It can house relics, sacred scriptures or act as a shrine. HO TRAI the temple library or scriptures depository houses the sacred scriptures. Sometimes they are built in the form of a mondop WIHAM in Thai temples this designates a shrine hall that contains the prin- cipal Buddha images. It is the assembly hall where monks and laypeople congregate. A CHEDI alternative term for a Budd- hist stupa, mainly used in Thailand. HO RAKHANG A bell tower used for waking the monks and to announce the morning and evening ceremo- nies. PRANG the Thai version of Khmer temple towers, mostly seen in temples from the Sukhothai and the Ayutthaya period. SALA KAN PARIAN a large, open hall where laity can hear sermons or receive religious education. It literally means "hall, in which monks study for their Parian exam" and is used for saying afternoon prayers. SALA also known as a sala Thai, is an open pavilion, used as a meeting place and to protect people from sun and rain. A sala located in a temple is called a salawat. PHRA RABIANG a peristyle is sometimes built around the sacred inner area as a cloister. CHIANG MAI TEMPLES Explore Chiang Mai with us. Temples, culture, architecture, food, local customs and traditions. We will show you the best Chiang Mai has to ofer. Visit http://www.chiangmaitemples.com 111/70 K-Park Business Mahidol Road, Nonghoi, Mueang, Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand +66 53 141 356 CHIANG MAI TEMPLES Discover The Culture of Lanna