Chiang Mai

Wat Aranyawiwake is a monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition of the Theravada lineage of Buddhism located in Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai Province,... northern Thailand. Phra Ajahn Plien Panyapatipo is the current abbot of Wat Aranyawiwake, where he resided since 1966. Wat Aranyawiwake was established and named by Luang Pho Mun Bhuridatta, the “father” of the current tradition of forest meditation monastics. In the past, Wat Aranyawiwake was originally an old monastic residence, established by a group of people from various families in Intakhin Subdistrict, Mae Taeng District, Chiang Mai Province. They all had deep interest and faith in Buddhism. They resolved to seek and invite virtuous monks, who were meditation masters, to reside in the village in order for them to hear the teaching of the Buddha. Later on, they heard of a monk who practiced meditation and stopped by a Wat in Mae Taeng District, so they invited the Venerable Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta. Venerable Ajahn Mun accepted the invitation and gathered a group of faithful disciples, to seek an appropriate place for practice of meditation.
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The Chiang Mai National Museum is a national museum located in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. It highlights the history of the Kingdom of Lanna.

Vonthongchai Intarawat is a Thai singer-songwriter and the runner-up of the 4th season of reality talent show True Visions's Academy Fantasia.... Vonthongchai Intarawat or Tol was born in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He studied at Anubaan Chiang Mai School, Yupparaj Wittayalai School, and then the Faculty of Law in Payap University in Chiang Mai. He is a junior-year student but dropping it for the reality show Academy Fantasia competition in order to pursue his dream of becoming a singer. Intarawat has been involved with music since he was a child. As Intarawat’s father had been a musician and songwriter, Intarawat was highly encouraged to learn playing many musical instruments. At the age of 7, he was first introduced to play electone. Later on, with Intarawat’s good sense of music and personal talent, he can altogether play piano, guitar, bass guitar, violin, drum and flute. By this reason, he is now well known for the ability to identify the frequency of specific musical tone or absolute pitch.
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