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Phra That Kham Kaen
 About
30 kms northeast of Khon Kaen is the Jediyaphum Temple, home
of Phra That Kham Kaen. According to local legend, several hundred
years ago a that (reliquary sputa) was constructed over a tamarind
tree stump. The tree, which had been dead for years, miraculously
came to life after nine enlightened monks carrying Buddha relics
to Phra That Phanom (in today's Nakhon Phanom Province) camped
overnight at the site. Unfortunately, there was no space available
at That Phanom for more relics, and the contingent of monks
enshrined the relics at Phra That Kham Kaen (Tamarind Heartwood
Reliquary). A town was developed near the temple, and although
abandoned several times, eventually became the modern day Khon
Kaen.
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