Name: Wat Phra That Cho Hae
Location: Cho Hae, Mueang Phrae District
Period of Construction: Sukhothai
Ethnicity: Chiang Saen
Photo dated: 2nd December 2014

Named for the cloth that worshippers wrap around it, this hilltop wát is famous for its 33m-high gilded chedi (stupa). Like Chiang Mai’s Wat Doi Suthep, it is an important pilgrimage site for Thais living in the north.
Tiered naga stairs lead to the temple compound. The interior of the bòht (chapel) is rather tackily decorated with a gilded wooden ceiling, rococo pillars and walls with lotus-bud mosaics. The Phra Jao Than Jai Buddha image here, which resembles the Phra Phuttha Chinnarat in Phitsanulok, is reputed to impart fertility to women who make offerings to it..