Experts' Choice Award Wat Ku Tao (Wat Welu Wanaram)
What the experts agree on
Wat Ku Tao's iconic five-tiered stone sphere chedi—described as stacked watermelons—blends Burmese and Confucian design in this 1631 temple anchoring Chiang Mai's Shan community. Photogenic and distinctive.
Lonely Planet "Behind the Muang Chiang Mai sports stadium, photogenic, 1631 Wat Ku Tao incorporates many Burmese and Confucian elements. The distinctive chedi is said to resemble a stack of watermelons" Full review
Fodor's "In the heart of Chiang Mai’s Shan Burmese community...the temple incorporates Burmese design elements and has a distinctive chedi (stupa) made up of five stone spheres, rising largest to smallest. " Full review
