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  2. Wat Chiang Man - Wikipedia

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    Phra Chedi (right) and Phra Wihan (left) in 2022. Wat Chiang Man (Thai: วัดเชียงมั่น, Northern Thai − sometimes also written as Wat Chiang Mun) is a Buddhist temple (Thai language: Wat) inside the old city (which is contained within the city walls and moat) of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand.

  3. Wat Xieng Thong - Wikipedia

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    Behind the Sim is the Sanctuary of the Reclining Buddha, a small chapel decorated with mosaics and featuring a large Buddhist statue. [ 1 ] : 264–265 [ 8 ] Many other structures fill the compound and complement the Sim, including the Kouti, Ho Tai, and Hor Kong, the library, monk living space, and boat house, respectively.

  4. Wat Traimit - Wikipedia

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    Wat Traimit is a notable example of early post-absolute monarchy Thai Buddhist temple architecture. The monks' residences were built in 1937, and the ubosot (ordination hall) was built in 1947 in the applied Thai style to designs by Luang Wisansinlapakam.

  5. Wat Phra That Doi Suthep - Wikipedia

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    It's also possible to hike up to the temple from the city following the Monk's Trail. [3] Once inside the temple grounds visitors must be appropriately dressed and must remove footwear. The original gold plated chedi is the most holy area of the temple grounds. Within the site are pagodas, statues, bells, a museum, and shrines.

  6. Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Golden Buddha statue inside the Golden Buddha Shrine was gifted to Fo Guang Shan from the 19th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in 2004. [17] For his 90th birthday, Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara had 19 statues made and gifted them to countries where Buddhism flourished. Fo Guang Shan was hand-picked to represent Taiwan.

  7. Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery - Wikipedia

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    In total, there are close to 13,000 Buddha statues at the monastery; [3] [28] this is in spite of the temple's "Ten Thousand" title. While 12,000 has been cited as the lower estimation, [ 7 ] [ 10 ] writers in the Lonely Planet guide book surmise that there "some 12,800" statutes on the monastery grounds. [ 20 ]

  8. Golden Buddha (statue) - Wikipedia

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    The shape of the statue's head dates it to the Sukothai period Side view of the statue. Later, the statue was probably moved from Sukhothai to Ayutthaya, about 1403. [3] Some scholars believe the statue is mentioned in the somewhat controversial Ram Khamhaeng stele. In lines 23–27 of the first stone slab of the stele, "a gold Buddha image" is ...

  9. List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures) - Wikipedia

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    The largest statue in this list and the largest gilt bronze statue in the world, and the main hall of Tōdai-ji, in which it is located, is the largest wooden structure in the world. [100] Nara period, 752. Head is a recast from the Edo period, hands date to the Momoyama period: Gilded bronze Seated Rushana Buddha: 14.868m