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Wat Sakawan
Wat Sakawan is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai, situated outside the city's centre, roughly 1.5 kilometer north of the Kok River (fig.).
It has an octagonal bell-shaped stupa surrounded by eight mondop-like edifices with niches that each contains a gilded Buddha statue according to the days of the week, in line with the Phra prajam wan system.
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