Wat Phraputthabat Tak Phra, located to the southwest of Lamphun in Pa Sang district is an old and very important temple. Legend has it that the Lord Buddha once stayed here and dried his outer robe on the nearby cliff. The trace of a likeness of a monk’s saffron robe can be found here as well as a footprint of the Buddha in the temple grounds. Beautiful mural paintings adorn the interior of the temple, while around the temple it is lush and peaceful. Every year on the 8th day of the 6th month on the lunar calendar, believed to be Lord Buddha’s cremation day, the temple holds an annual Bathing Ceremony to mark the auspicious occasion.

The sanctuary on the hilltop has the usual staircase but there is a road that skirts around the hill to the summit.