Wat Phra That Doi Suthep was built in the thirteenth century during the reign of King Kue Na Thammikarat, the sixth King of Chiang Mai, to house the Buddha’s relics which the king had brought from Si Satchanalai. The temple is a second-class royal temple of the Ratcha Wora Viharn type. It has been a place of worship of the city of Chiang Mai since its former times. Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, regconised by Thai people as one of the country’s highly sacred temples, has a significant position either in terms of history or as a tourist attraction. The temple is located on the top of Doi Suthep. It is founded 14 km to the west of Chiang Mai City, 1,053 metres above sea level. The temple is in Tambon Suthep, Amphoe Mueng, Chaing Mai Province. It was believed that Doi Suthep was the residence of a hermit named ‘Sudheva’, which is Pali for ‘a benevolent god’, or ‘Suthep’ in Thai. Doi Suthep is thus named after the hermit.