Templ
e of t
he
RECLI
NI
NG BUDDHA
Locat
ed i
n Bangkok, Wat Pho i
s f
amous f
or t
he
huge Recl
i
ni
ng Buddha st
at
ue i
t houses. I
t i
s
one of t
he l
argest t
empl
es i
n Bangkok and
al
so one of t
he ol
dest
, const
ruct
ed nearl
y 200
years bef
ore Bangkok became Thai
l
and’
s
capi
t
al
. Wat Pho hol
ds t
he di
st
i
nct
i
on of
havi
ng bot
h Thai
l
and’
s l
argest recl
i
ni
ng
Buddha i
mage and t
he l
argest number of Buddha i
mages i
n
Thai
l
and. The gol
d-
pl
at
ed Recl
i
ni
ng Buddha st
at
ue i
s 46 met
ers
l
ong and 15 met
ers hi
gh, and commemorat
es t
he passi
ng of t
he
Buddha i
nt
o Ni
rvana. The st
at
ue’
s eyes and f
eet are decorat
ed wi
t
h
engraved mot
her of pearl
, t
he sol
es of t
he f
eet di
spl
ayi
ng t
he 108
auspi
ci
ous charact
eri
st
i
cs of t
he t
rue Buddha.