Wat Phra That Lampang Luang. The old temple of Lampang was important for Lan Na Kingdom since early times because the kings and ruling lords had kept coming to worship this pagoda continuously. The history of temple construction. When the Buddha had come to the village named Sambhakappa along with his disciples. And while he was staying there the Lua named Ni Khon brought a bamboo trough of the honey and coconut offered them to the Buddha. So he predicted that in the future somebody would come to build the city by name “Sambhakappa” and there would be someone bringing the relies to enshrine there.