Let's take a break away from food, shall we?
I was in Bangkok about a month ago and did some sightseeing over the weekend. We visited 3 temples and took lots of pictures. Here are the ones from Wat Pho (วัดโพธิ์), or also known as Wat Phra Chetuphon (วัดพระเชตุพน)
Couple of interesting facts:
1) Famous for the huge Reclining Buddha statue it houses
2) Has the most number of Buddha images in Thailand.
2) Standing at 20 acres large, it is the largest Wat in Bangkok.
3) Built around 200 years ago (and thus it is is also technically the oldest)
4) Rebuilt by Rama I when the capital was moved to Bangkok.
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| Eyes are engraved with mother-of-pearl decoration, |
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| The gold plated reclining Buddha is 46 meters long and 15 meters high. (Designed to illustrate the passing of the Buddha into nirvana) |
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Feet are also engraved with mother of pearl decorations |
Sole of feet shows 108 auspicious characteristics of the true Buddha
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