Wat Sala Thong is in Tambon Hua Thale, about 1
kilometre southeast of the city. This is temple of the Dhamayuti
sect. The area around the temple was originally a dense forest where a
large sitting stone Buddha image in the Pa Lelai posture was located
out in the open. A convocation hall was later built to cover it. The
temple has a large pagoda that was built over a smaller one that
encased the holy relics of Lord Buddha that were taken from Myanmar’s
Chiang Tung.
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