Wat Phra Singh

King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII), bestowed upon it the status of Royal temple of the first grade in 1935.

Wat Pra Singh is situated at the end of the main street (Rachadamnoen road) of Chiang Mai.

A wihan and several other buildings were added a few years later and the resulting complex was named Wat Lichiang Phra.

Later successors restored the Wihan Lai Kham and the elegant Ho Trai (temple library).

The whole temple complex underwent extensive renovations under the famous monk Khru Ba Srivichai during the 1920s.

The former Waterloo Hotel was converted into a Buddhist temple by Wat Phra Singh UK.