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Phra Chedi Rai stupas at Wat Pho sunset, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Phra Chedi Rai stupas at Wat Pho sunset, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand.

Phra Chedi Rai - Outside the Phra Rabiang cloisters are dotted many smaller chedis, called Phra Chedi Rai. Seventy-one of these small chedis were built by Rama III, each five metres in height. There are also four groups of five chedis that shared a single base built by Rama I, one on each corner outside the cloister. The 71 chedis of smaller size contain the ashes of the royal family, and 20 slightly larger ones clustered in groups of five contain the relics of Buddha.