Doi Luang, Phi Pan Nam Range north of Route 120 between Wang Nuea and the AH2 Highway. Doi Luang, Phi Pan Nam Range Doi Luang () is a 1,694 m high mountain in Thailand, part of the Phi Pan Nam Range. The mountain rises at the western end of Ban Tun Subdistrict, Mueang Phayao District, Phayao Province, near the point where the limit of this province meets with Lampang Province. With a height of 1,694 metres it is the highest point of the Phi Pan Nam Range. There are a number of lesser mountains with the name "Doi Luang" throughout the same range. Its summit is
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep placed by the king on the back of a white elephant which was released into the jungle. The elephant is said to have climbed up Doi Suthep, at that time called Doi Aoy Chang ("Sugar Elephant Mountain"), stopped, trumpeted three times, then dropped dead. This was interpreted as an omen. King Nu Naone immediately ordered the construction of a temple at the site. The name of the Temple (Wat Phra That Doi Suthep) actually explains what the temple has. "Phra" entails of an honorific Buddha image, and "That" means a relic. Combining the two tells that there is a relic