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#Thailand#Lamphun#Mueang Lamphun#Attraction Wat Phra That Hariphunchai Woramahawihan was originally the palace of King Athitayaraj, the 33th ruler of Nakhon Hariphunchai, after Queen Chama Thewi, the first ruler of the Haripunchai. The wall of King Athitayarat's palace can be divided into two layers, the outer layer and the inner layer. Later, King Athitayarat had dedicated his palace as a Sangkharam to the Buddhist way, the outer wall was demolished and established of two lions in the east arch, large lions adorned with a standing altar with its mouth open, following the ancient belief in the north, which admire to build lion guarding the temple.
Wat Phra That Hariphunchai is two walls according to the appearance of the former palace of King Athitayarat, which is around the outer temple area on the first floor and built a wall as a pavilion around Phra That Haripunchai as another inner wall.