Lamphun is one of the important province of Thailand which this place was established in period of Hariphunchai. The first ruler was Queen Chamthewi who was of the Mon extraction. Which Queen Chamthewi was a dynastic succession for the next couple of hundred years. In late 12th century, King Mengrai overran the town and subsequently integrated it into the Lanna Kingdom.

Doing and Sights seeing

WAT PHRA THAT HARIPHUNCHAI

This temple was built during the reign of King Athittayarat in the 12th Century on the site of Chamma Thewi's Royal Palace some 800 years ago. The attraction place is the 46 metre tall golden Chedi whose present was the result of the restoration work in 1443 by a King of Chiang Mai. The style of the pagoda is a square-shaped Chedi and a Khmer-style Buddha statue.

HARIPHUNCHAI NATIONAL MUSEUM

Hariphunchai National Museum located on Inthayongyot Rd, almost opposite Wat Phra That Hariphunchai. The most attractive is small museum contains a range of fine bronze pieces and Mon terracotta often characterized by fiercefaces and Machiavellian grins. This place display the prehistorical human skeletons and objects of arts from the Dvaravati, Hariphunchai, Lanna and Rattanakosin periods. The museum is open Wednesday - Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

THE PHRA NANG CHAMTHEWI STATUE

The Phra Nang Chamthewi Statue located the Nong Dok public park in town. Which in front of the Town Hall is the "Suthewa Rusi Statue" as the actual founder of Hariphunchai. Which he invited Phra Nang Chamthevi, a daughter of the King of Lopburi to control the Hariphunchai.

WAT CHAMMATHEWI

The villager called "Wat Ku Kut" which this wat was establised by Khmers around 755 then renovated by Mons during the Haripunchai Dynasty.
The image Buddha in this period is special characterized by their long ears and generally wider faces and Devarai style. Ashes of the queen are enshrined within the Chedi.

WAT MAHAWAN

Wat Mahawan was establised in period of Queen Chamthewi. The most famous is the Nak Prok statue (statue with mythical serphants overhead).

PA SANG

Pa Sang district is the handicraft center and famous for cotton cloth and Thai Silk. Pa Sang located the over 10 km. south of the Lamphun. Which the travelers can get the mini-bus from the City to Pa Sang handicraft center.

WAT PHRA PHUTTHABAT TAK PHA

This temple located around 9 km further south of Pa Sang. Which the well-known has the Load Buddha once stayed here, leaving a trace of likeness of monk's saffron robe and his footprint of stone ground. You can geht the mini-bus from Pa Sang to the wat by songtheaw.