Medal - Lamphan Province ND

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Statue of Queen Chammathewi, first ruler of Hariphunchai.

Lettering: THE MONUMENT OF PHRA NANG CHAMMATHEWI

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The Provincial seal depicts the stupa at Wat Phra That Hariphunchai. Wat Phra That Hariphunchai's earliest origins were in 897 when the then king of Hariphunchai is said to have built a stupa (now the central stupa) to house a hair of the Buddha. The present compound, founded by Hariphunchai King Athitayarai, dates from 1044.

The temple was first rebuilt in 1443 by King Tilokaraja of Lanna kingdom Chiang Mai. The temple's pyramid-shaped Chedi Suwanna was built in 1418. In the 1930s temple renovations were made by the northern Thai monk Khru Ba Sriwichai.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Phra_That_Hariphunchai

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Queen Chamathewi was the first ruler of the Hariphunchai kingdom, as both the ancient Kingdom and the town of Lamphun were once known. There are lots of monuments and historical reminders of Queen Chamathewi, also written as Camadevi and Jamadevi, in the town of Lamphun but this statue is the main one local people visit to pray to Queen Chamathewi. The fantastic chedi where Queen Chamathewi’s remains are believed to be enshrined, at the nearby Wat Chammathewi, is not as popular as a place to worship the former queen.

https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/statue-of-queen-chamadevi