People then flocked to worship this precious statue. At that time the town of Chiengrai was
under the rule of the king of Chiengmai. The latter, King Samfangkaen, sent an elephant to
bring the Emerald Buddha to Chiengmai, but each time the elephant arrived at the junction
with the road to the city of Lampang, it ran to that town. The king sent an elephant out three
times and each time the same incident occurred, so he thought that the spirits guarding the
Emerald Buddha wanted to stay in lampang.