Wat Phra Borommathat lies on the western bank of the Ping River in Ban Tak. The main feature of this temple is the Burmese style pagoda, replica of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar. The pagaod is 23 metres high and stands on a base 63 metres square. It is surrounded by 16 small pagodas, each 7.16 metres high. There are also 12 large and 6 small mondrops around the base for storing Buddha images. The present temple was built by Phra Thong Yoo Suriyo (1907-1974) the head monk, after his pilgrimage to the Shwedagon Pagoda. The site itself is very old, located on a hill called Doi Mahiyoungka. According to history the temple was built in 51 B.C. when a kingdom was known to exist much earlier than the kingdoms of Lawo (Lopburi) and Hariphunchai (Lamphun).