Wat Pah Ruak Tai is a Buddhist temple in the vicinity of the Lao River in the northern province of Chiang Rai of which the majority of the buildings are painted red.

The temple has some well-maintained and neatly manicured gardens that surround many of the edifices, as well as some topiary sculptures (fig.) of which the bright green colours contrast nicely with the red walls.

The principal Buddha statue in the temple’s ubosot is seated in the maravijaya pose and is depicted with a notably fair, almost Caucasian-like complexion.