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WHERE This beautiful gold plated reclining Buddha sits calmly in Wat Chayamagkalaram ( A Thai budhhist temple ) in Burmah Lane in Penang. You will notice that positions of a Buddha statue in temple varies , and they are not just so because of the way the sculptor wants to potray it but each has a different meaning , and each reflect a different moment in Buddha's life and a particular pose can be associated with different Buddhas . meaning of the reclining pose He is shown with his head lying in the palm of his right hand, with his head to the north. This posture symbolizes the Mahaparinirvana ( Enlighthenment or achieving Nirwana ) of the Buddha which took place at Kushinagara (Uttar Pradesh). Is it the 3rd longest Reclining Buddha ? As a matter of fact , many travellers or VTs qouted this statue as the 3rd or 4th Longest Reclining Buddha inthe world but a little curiosty of mine has revealed something totally different . Here's the record - 1st (Myanmar) Tiloka UShaung 76.8m 2nd (Myanmar) Shin Tha Lyaung 74.8m 3rd (Myanmar) Chauk Htat Kyi 65.8m 4th (Myanmar,Myeik)ShweThaLyaung 58.8m 5th (Myanmar,Bago) " " " 54.8m 6th (Thailand) Wat Phli Yai Klang 53 m 7th (Thailand)Wat Khun Intra Pramun 50m 8th (Vietnam)Taku Mountain Buddha 49m 9th (Thailand)Bangkok's Wat Po 46m 10th(Myanmar)Sein Tha Lyaung 45.73m 11th(Cambodia)Baphoun,Angkor Wat 40m 12th (Myanmar)Mohnyin Buddha 36.5m 13th (China) Zangye,Da Fo Si 34.5m 14th (Malaysia)Penang Wat Chayamagkalaram 33m Well so I guess we cant really say that ours is 3rd longest in the world , bt defintely one of the most beautiful. Also take note that - two more reclining Buddha statue was not calculated as one in Afghanistan believed to be 350m but buried in sand in certain part of Afghannistan http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/05/25/fea50.html and also another in Kulen , Vietnam which could not be identified. Leave a Comment
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