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Wat
Sri
Umong
Kham
or
Wat
Sung
is
located
at
Ban
Tha
Kwan,
Wiang
Subdistrict,
Mueang
District,
Phayao
Province,
under
the
Maha
Nikaya
Sangha
group.
It
is
on
a
raised
square
base.
Therefore
making
this
temple
tall
and
elegant.
According
to
history,
Wat
Sri
Umong
Kham
was
built
in
1846.
Originally,
locals
called
it
Wat
Sung.
The
building
of
Wat
Sri
Umong
Kham
Consists
of
a
chapel
The
sermon
hall,
temple,
and
monks'
quarters.
The
sacred
object
is
the
chedi
containing
the
Buddha's
relics
from
the
Chiang
Saen
period,
which
is
still
intact.
And
the
priceless
Buddha
image
which
Phayao
people
call
"Phra
Chao
Lan
Tue"
which
the
official
name
of
this
Buddha
image
is
"Luang
Pho
Ngam
Muang
Rueangrit"
”It
can
be
said
to
be
one
of
the
most
beautiful
Buddha
images
of
Lanna
ever.