City Pillar Inthakin (Sao Inthakin) Festival, Wat Chedi Luang, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Ancient culture of Lanna Thai...City Pillar Inthakin Festival...paying respect and praying at the Inthakin Pillar, thousands of candles, incense sticks will burn, ritual washing of a Buddha image with lustral water, lay gifts of flowers...

Over 500 years...

The Chedi ~ used to be 90 meters high, partly destroyed in an earthquake in 1545. At present, restored Chedi is about 60 meters high...

Wat Chedi Luang, temple of the big stupa

Wat Chedi Luang...at night...

Pad Tang-Gwa

Stir-Fried Cucumber

Pad Ped Hed Fang and Tang-Gwa

Stir-Fried Straw Mushrooms, Cucumber, Sweet Basil Leaves, Kaffir Leaves, and Chili in Red Curry Paste

Mee Sua Kheaw-Wan

Stir-fried Mee Sua Noodles in Green Curry Paste

Pak Pad Prik Khing (in Red Curry Paste)

Sauteed Green Beans, Kaffir Leaves, in Red Curry Paste

Kai Jiew Horapa

Thai Style Omelette with Sweet Basil Leaves and Garlics