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Wat Pho (Thai: วัดโพธิ์, pronounced [wát pʰōː] ⓘ), also spelled Wat Po, is a Buddhist temple complex in the Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is on Rattanakosin Island , directly south of the Grand Palace . [ 2 ]
Wat Pho of Bangkok - 46 metres (151 ft) Wat Phra Kaeo in Kamphaeng Phet (15th century) Wat Phra Si Iriyabot in Kamphaeng Phet The 15th century temple with Buddha statues in four postures-walking, sitting, standing and reclining in the Sukhothai artistic style; Wat Wichian Bamrung in Phetchabun - 50 metres (160 ft)
Interior of Ubosot of Wat Hong Rattanaram, Bangkok. Thai temple art and architecture is the art and architecture of Buddhist temples in Thailand. Temples are known as wats, from the Pāḷi vāṭa, meaning "enclosure". A temple has an enclosing wall that divides it from the secular world.
Wat Pho, also known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha or Wat Phra Chetuphon, is south of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and the Grand Palace. It is Bangkok's largest temple and contains a huge reclining Buddha figure that is 46 metres (151 ft) long and is covered with gold leaf. The feet alone are 3 metres (10 ft) in size.
Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram (Thai: วัดเบญจมบพิตรดุสิตวนาราม; pronunciation ⓘ) is a Buddhist temple in the Dusit District of Bangkok, Thailand. Also known as the Marble Temple, it is one of Bangkok's best-known temples and a major tourist attraction. It typifies Bangkok's ornate style of high ...
Wat Bhoman Khunaram (also written as Wat Pho Maen Khunaram, Thai: วัดโพธิ์แมนคุณาราม, Chinese: 普門報恩寺, pinyin: pǔ mén bào'ēn sì) is a Chinese Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand.
Bang Pho MRT station and the namesake four-way intersection Wat Bang Pho Omawat (popularly called for short "Wat Bang Pho") viewed from the Chao Phraya river and the large sacred fig is on the rightmost. Bang Pho (Thai: บางโพ, pronounced [bāːŋ pʰōː]) is a neighbourhood in Bangkok.
A Buddhist temple had existed at the site of Wat Arun since the time of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, prior to the reign of King Narai. [3]: 4 It was then known as Wat Bang Makok [4] [3]: 1 which was later shortened to Wat Makok, [3]: 1 after the village of Bang Makok in which it was built (makok is the Thai name for the Spondias pinnata plant).