Wat Phra Singh

Wat Phra Singh is the most important of these northern wats. The walls are painted with the story of Sang Thong. Wat Phra Singh murals, the royal personages are clothed in traditional Thai costume of royalty which survives today in the costumes of the classic dance, and the common people are dressed in contemporary 19th century Burmese style. Here, there is a great deal of factual reporting and earthly humor tucked into the most reverent scenes.

Children play, women cook food, a man flirts with a group of girls and on the roof above his head a tom cat stalks a female. Wat Phra Singh started by King Pa Yo in 1345, the wihaan which houses the Phra Singh was completed between 1385 and 1400. It is an example of the classic Northern-Thai stye found during this period from Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang. The Phra Singh Buddha supposedly comes from Sri Lanka, but it is not particularly Sinhalese in style.
Wat Phra Singh is at the end of Phra Singh Rd near Suan Dawk Gate.