'Highest' sand pagoda built in Chiang Mai for Songkran
By The Nation

 

CHIANG MAI: -- A temple has built what it claims is the highest sand pagoda to celebrate Songkran’s northern style.

 

The sand pagoda, which has a base that is 10 metres wide and 10 metres long and is 15 metres high, is located in Jedlin Temple in Muang Chiang Mai district.

 

It was built with the cooperation of novice monks and local residents.

 

The pagoda is a five-layered square shape, with the sand used to create it donated by local residents.

 

The pagoda is decorated with 12 colourful flags representing the 12 astrological signs.

 

The temple will hold a rite to put an umbrella on top of the pagoda at 5pm on Monday.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30311875

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-04-10

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One hopes that the image on the linked Nation page showing a pile of sand is the pagoda before construction started.

 

Oh my, a pagoda is it? 

What an achievement. We used to call those dirt piles, but we never decorated one.

I have heard of the phrase never build your house on sand hmm interesting. I hope its water proof. 

2 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

We used to call those dirt piles,

1500 cu metres of sand is a lot of truckloads for a dirt pile!!!

1 hour ago, wirat69 said:

1500 cu metres of sand is a lot of truckloads for a dirt pile!!!

About 125 standard dump trucks, but who knows what they used for this one. Anyhow one pile of dirt looks like another, unless you stick some flags on it.

A pile of sand or pile of dirt with flags on it. OKAY!

  I guess this is a good news story, for Songkran.

Let the party begin!  Have Fun out there , you

bunch of animals!

Geezer

I actually like Wat Jet Lin, an interesting temple in the southwest quadrant of the old city; however, I am a bit puzzled why this particular pile of sand supposedly represents a pagoda/stupa/chedi.  Doesn't look like any of the hundreds I've seen before.  (Photo is from the newspaper article)

2 minutes ago, CMBob said:

Doesn't look like any of the hundreds I've seen before.

 

Indeed, I was expecting something like this, but on a rather larger scale.

 

Let's just say, the Dalai Lama is not considering a move there soon. 

On 4/10/2017 at 1:13 PM, webfact said:

The sand pagoda, which has a base that is 10 metres wide and 10 metres long and is 15 metres high, is located in Jedlin Temple in Muang Chiang Mai district.

 

here ya go .... pic taken last night :)

 

dave2

I guess it's the flag or bamboo part (which wasn't in the newspaper photo) is what is deemed the "pagoda."  Arguable, I suppose.  Here's the bamboo "pagoda" there a year or two ago: