Category: thailand
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Wat Traimit
The Temple of the Golden Buddha or in short Wat Traimit (Wat Trai Mit Witthayaram Worawihan) is where The Golden Buddha, officially titled Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon a gold Maravijaya Attitude seated Buddharupa statue, with a weight of 5.5 tonnes (5,500 kilograms) and an estimated value in gold weight of $250 million Dollars is…
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Wat Pho
Also spelled Wat Po, is a Buddhist temple complex in Bangkok, Thailand. It is on Rattanakosin Island, directly south of the Grand Palace. Known also as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, its official name is Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Rajwaramahawihan. The temple is first on the list of six temples in Thailand classed…
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Wat Arun
The Temple of Dawn is situated on Thonburi on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The temple derives its name from the Hindu god Aruṇa, often personified as the radiations of the rising sun. Wat Arun is among the best known of Thailand’s landmarks. Although the temple has existed since at least the…
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Wat Benchamabophit
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 gables, stepped-out roofs and elaborate finials. Construction of the temple began in 1899 at the request of King Chulalongkorn after building his palace nearby. The temple’s name literally…
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The Temple of the Standing Buddha
Wat Intharawihan, Bangkok, Thailand. It is almost impossible to be aloud to get some drone footage in this area due to the heighten security guarding governmental buildings around the temple. So this is a very rare drone footage of the Standing Buddha in Bangkok, Thailand. I asked the Buddhist Lama in charge of the temple…