Ku Chang Ku Ma is a monument to an elephant and a horse both of which legend has it were no ordinary creatures.

According to oral literature, Ku Chang or elephant stuppa was built to store the tusks of Pu Kam Ngakheao, Queen Chamathewi’s royal elephant believed to be equipped with great powers. In which ever direction it turned its tusks; it would cause people to fall down dead. The tusks are said to have been buried in the stupa pointing upwards. Ku Chang chedis are known to exist in other kingdoms of the Haripunchai period but this is the only one known in Thailand. Nearby is located another stupa rather smaller. This is Ku Ma. Local legend relates that this is a chedi built to store the remains of Queen Chamathewi’s royal horse although another account states that it was the horse of the Queen’s son. The style of this chedi is thought to be a mixture of Sri Lanka, Pagan and Sukhothai design.

Another chedi ruin not too far away known as Ku Kai. This chedi is supposed to store the remains of a white chicken seen as a mascot of the city. Excavations revealed that it dates from the Lanna period 16th Century.