Sculpture of Phaya Mangrai 🇹🇭

Sculpture of 'King Mengrai the Great' or 'Phaya Mangrai' Enshrined at Chiang Rai Municipality School 6, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand 

 

ประติมากรรม 'พ่อขุนเม็งรายมหาราช' หรือ 'พญามังราย' ประดิษฐาน ณ โรงเรียนเทศบาล ๖ จ.เชียงราย

 

Phaya Mangrai (AKA Mengrai) was the 25th king of the Lua Changkharat Dynasty, the son of Phaya Lao Meng and Phra Nang Thep Kham Khaeng, or Phra Nang Uaming Chom Mueang, who was born in 1239 and died in Chiang Mai in 1311. He built the city of Chiang Rai on Doi Thong from the original foundation that used to be a city in 1262, and ruled the country as a prosperous Lanna Thai kingdom.

 

Credit: CTTO, Thai Culture to the World