Guide to Thailand
Must See Thailand
- Ancient City
- Ao Phang-Nga National Marine Park
- Jim Thompson's House
- Ko Samui
- Ko Si Chang
- Nakhon Pathom
- Sirinat National Marine Park
- Thaleh Ban National Park
- Wat Arun
- Wat Benchamabophit
- Wat Phra Kaew & Grand Palace
- Wat Traimit (Temple of the Golden Buddha)
Places in Thailand
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Wat Traimit shelters a 3m-tall, 5.5-tonne, solid-gold Buddha image - an impressive sight. This gleaming figure was once covered in stucco, but during efforts to move it in the 1960s, the figure fell, cracking the stucco and revealing the treasure inside. The covering was probably intended to hide it during one of Burma's many invasions.
Details
- tel
- 0 2623 1226 (info)
Tags
- religious/spiritual
