Wat Kitti วัติกิตติ , Chiang Mai

Wat Kitti, Chiang Mai (24 October, 2006)


Wat Kitti (GPS: 18.78487, 98.98585; Thai: วัติกิตติ ) is the ruins of a Thai Buddhist monastery in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This monastery dates back to the time of the Mang Rai Dynasty. In 1870, the Viceroy of Inthanon ordered that the residential building of the newly deceased King Nawilorot Suriyawong be dismantled, and the material used to build the viharns (assembly halls) of Wat Kitti and Wat Saen Fang.

Wat Kitti was an operational monastery until 1946, when it was abandoned. Today, only its chedi. In 1981, the Ministry of Education built the Chiang Mai Kindergarten - known today as Anubaan Chiang Mai School (โรงเรียนอนุบาลเชียงใหม่ ).

At the time of my visit, Wat Kitti was still unrestored. It was just exposed bricks. Since then, restoration of the chedi has been carried out, and today it is gilded. The Fine Arts Department has registered the chedi as an archaeological site. To visit it, enter via entrance to the kindergarten on Ratchamanka Road.

Wat Kitti, Chiang Mai (24 October, 2006)

Wat Kitti is on the map of Chiang Mai

List of Wats in Chiang Mai and Wats in Thailand

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