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Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm Rajwaramahaviharn, also known as Wat Pho, Wat Po or the Temple of the Reclining Buddha This Buddhist temple is probably the oldest and largest temple complex in Bangkok. It is believed to be the home of more Buddha statues than any other Bangkok temple and it shelters the largest Buddha in Thailand. Wat Pho on Chetuphon Road, Bangkok, Thailand, was built as a restoration of an earlier temple on the same site, Wat Phodharam, with work beginning in 1788. It was restored again and extensively extended during the reign of King Rama III; Jessadabodindra Phra Nangklao Chao Yu Hua / Chetsadabodin Phra Nang Klao Chao Yu Hua (1824-51), and restored again in 1982.
The southern walled compound, Tukgawee, is a working Buddhist monastery with monks in residence and a school. Wat Pho is the largest and probably the oldest wat in Bangkok and is home to more than 1,000 Buddha images, supposed to be more than any other temple in Thailand. Generally open daily 08.00 to 17.00 Entrance charge applies. |
 The Buddhist Flag 
Buddhist Flag Meanings  The Dharma Wheel 
In Buddhism-according to the Pali Canon, Vinayapitaka, Khandhaka,
Mahavagga, the number of spokes of the Dharmachakra represent
various meanings: Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo is a Japanese Buddhist
chant based upon the Lotus Sutra. Nichiren Daishonin (Feb 16, 1222 – Oct
13, 1282) a Buddhist monk who lived during the Kamakura period (1185–1333)
in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra, entitled Myōhō-Renge-Kyō in
Japanese, as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment and the chanting of
Nam-Myōhō-Renge-Kyō as the essential practice of the teaching.
Various schools with diverging interpretations of Nichiren's teachings comprise
Nichiren Buddhism.  Thailand Travel Guide  |
The northern walled compound is where the reclining Buddha can be found; the
largest Buddha image in Thailand, Phra Buddhasaiyas. Created as part of Rama
III's restoration, the Reclining Buddha is 46 meters long and 15 meters high,
covered in many layers of gold leaf and decorated with mother-of-pearl inlay
on his eyes and the soles of his feet. The bottoms of the Buddha's feet are intricately
decorated with 108 auspicious scenes in the Chinese and Indian style.