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Naga staircase
Photo: Naga staircase at Wat Chedi Luang in Chiang Mai

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The temple on Phra Pokklao Road is the site of an enormous destroyed pagoda, originally 85m (280ft) high, which collapsed during an earthquake in 1545. At one time, Wat Chedi Luang housed the revered Emerald Buddha image now found in Bangkok's Wat Phra Kaeo. One of Wat Chedi Luang's most striking architectural features is a Naga staircase adorning the main chapel's front porch.

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Kakaw is a small tree, leaves are oblong, wrinkled, yellow or purplish, seeds are numerous, embedded in whitish pulp.


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Jan Garanoz
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Chiang Rai, 57000 Thailand
Created: September 1, 1995
Last updated: January 28, 2010