The Wat Si Rong Muang is a beautiful, very richly decorated temple built by Burmese immigrants at the start of the 20th century. Its style is Shan with Lanna influences.
When Burmese loggers came to Lampang to work in the teak logging industry at the end of the 19th century, they brought with them their own ideas about temple construction. As a result the temples built by Burmese in order to make merit are in typical Burmese style and differ greatly from the Lanna style temples of North Thailand.
The temple was founded at the start of the 20th century; construction of the teak wood viharn was completed in 1912. The temple faces away from the Wang river in the town of Lampang.
Horizontal orientation of the viharn