Ku Tao Temple

Ku Tao Temple is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, which has an unusual architectural form of the building.

The temple was built in 1613 to store the ashes of Prince Saravadi (1578-1607), the first Burmese overlord of Chiang Mai. The name of the temple in translation from Thai means “melon”. The prototype of the temple was a temple from the Chinese province of Yunnan. The shape of the temple building consists of five spheres, the size of which decreases upwards.