On woven plastic mats, women pray to a Buddha statue, barely visible through the thick jasmine smoke.

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Visitors from cities such as Bangkok and Chiang Mai continue to trek up the winding dirt road to the tin-roofed retreat Mr. Thongbai built at the top of Hidden Hill here to pray before Buddha statues and paintings of Suthat.

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