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Wat Pho: visiting 9 temples (Wat): Wat Pho
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  • iyukase
  • Updated By iyukase on August 9, 2005
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  • inside the main church - Bangkok
    inside the main church
    by iyukase
    for "Peaceful life"

    Wat Pho is most famous for the golden reclining Buddha that measues 46 metres and has feet inlaid with mother-of pearl.

    But don't forget to visit the main church inside, you will truly find the peace and beautiful of life.

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    Wat Pho: Huge Reclining Buddha
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  • i-s-a
  • Updated By i-s-a on May 19, 2006
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  • Buddha - Bangkok
    Buddha
    by i-s-a
    Definitely one of the most interesting temples in Bangkok. Wat Po houses the biggest indoor reclining Buddha in Thailand. The image is very impressive with its size...almost taking up the whole space of the building.

    Due to its size and the many visitors, I found it very difficult to get a nice picture of the whole image with my own camera. A good alternative would be buying some postcards at the shop.

    If you are going to visit the place on your own, Wat Po is open daily from 08:00am to 5:00pm. And has an entrance fee of 20 baht.

    Note:
    This is from my first Bangkok trip in March 2004.
    Part of our packaged City Tour.

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  • Phone: 02-221-991
  • Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is at Chetuphon road.
  • Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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    Wat Pho: The Temple of the Reclining Buddha (2 photos)
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  • nicolaitan
  • By nicolaitan on January 14, 2006
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  • Wat Pho - Bangkok
    by nicolaitan, 1 more photos
    Wat Pho is the largest temple in Bangkok as well as the oldest, occupying 20 acres adjacent the Grand Palace. It was built by King Rama I beginning approximately 1793. The temple was enlarged by King Rama III beginning in 1839 to serve not only a religious function but also as a major university. Painting, statues, and engraved inscriptions were intended to educate the Thai people on literature, science, warfare, and also traditional thai massage. The wall inscriptions are the oldest writings on the practise of traditional massage today as earlier writings were destroyed during the destruction ot the Ayyuthya by Burmese invaders. The temple remains a center for traditional Thai medical education and practise as well as massage. The complex houses the largest collection of Buddhas in Thailand, more than 700. Approximately 400 of these statues are arranged around the main temple. The adjacent images include some of them.

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  • Phone: 02-221-991
  • Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.
  • Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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    Wat Pho: Smaller Gold Buddha
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  • Guantanamera
  • By Guantanamera on June 6, 2004
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  • Wat Pho - Bangkok
    by Guantanamera
    Wat Pho is a veritable surplus warehouse in the gold Buddha game and if you begin to tire of admiring the gigantic gold reclining Buddha, you can visit several other smaller gold Buddhas in other parts of the Wat Pho compound, such as the one shown in this picture here... Bodhidharma used to stare at a blank wall for several years, but the idea here seems to be to meditate on an ideal of auriferous anthropomorphism...

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  • Phone: 02-221-991
  • Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.
  • Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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    Wat Pho: Reclining Buddha
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  • Pat&ZoAnn
  • By Pat&ZoAnn on May 26, 2003
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  • Reclinig Buddha at Wat Pho - Bangkok
    Reclinig Buddha at Wat Pho
    by Pat&ZoAnn
    Close to the banks of Chao Phraya River, this significant Wat is used as a public information and education center. The golden Recling Buddha is 46 meteres long, and is an impressive sight. There are two compounds to this wat, the northern side being the side that is open to visitors. The southern side is a Buddhist monastary. A university for traditional Thai massage is part of the public compound (we found it to be a little expensive).
    With approximately 1000 Buddha images, it is an impressive sight and a testament to Thai history and culture.

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  • Phone: 02-221-991
  • Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.
  • Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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    Wat Pho: Wat Po
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  • Unknownsu
  • Updated By Unknownsu on July 5, 2003
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  • Wat Pho - Bangkok
    by Unknownsu
    A standard tourist site, Wat Po is where the Reclining Buddha is found located near the Grand Palace.

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  • Phone: 02-221-991
  • Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.
  • Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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    Wat Pho: Wow! he is pretty impressive
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  • shelnlin
  • By shelnlin on November 16, 2003
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  • The Recling Buddha's feet! - Bangkok
    The Recling Buddha's feet!
    by shelnlin
    The Recling Buddha is the largest buddha that I encounted whilst in Bangkok and is also the largest in the whole of Thailand. At forty six metres long and fifteen metres high he is pretty impressive. Known as a "Wat" this Buddha was built by the Thai's around 200 years ago and is gold plated with beautiful mother of pearl feet. He is worth seeing just for his share size and to view the beautiful ornate temples that surrond him.

    You can even have your fortune told by any one of the other Buddha's at Wat Pho which you put money into and it will give you a reading of your future for that day by spitting out a bit of paper with your fortune written on it. You could have one done for every day of the week as there are seven for each of the days.

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  • Phone: 02-221-991
  • Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.
  • Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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    Wat Pho: Wat Pho
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  • By aukjejetty on May 8, 2003
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  • Buddha's Decorated Feet - Bangkok
    Buddha's Decorated Feet
    by aukjejetty
    To Thais Wat Pho is know as Wat Phra Chetuphon, and is mainly famous for the huge Reclining Buddha statue you can see here. The highly impressive gold plated reclining Buddha is 46 meters long and 15 meters high, and is designed to illustrate the passing of the Buddha into nirvana.

    The feet and the eyes are engraved with mother-of-pearl decoration, and the feet also show the 108 auspicious characteristics of the true Buddha. On the left you can see a picture of Buddha's decorated feet.

    The large grounds of Wat Pho contain more than 1000 Buddha images in total, most from the ruins of the former capitals Ayuthaya
    and Sukhothai.

    On Sundays, you can see students being taught traditional Thai dance and music.

    Don't listen to anyone on the street as you try to enter telling you it's closed for a 'Buddhist holiday', 'cleaning' etc, or asking if you want to see the 'Lucky Buddha' instead - it's all part of a sophisticated gem scam.

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  • Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.
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    Wat Pho: Wat Pho
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  • Myndo
  • By Myndo on March 5, 2006
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  • Wat Pho - Bangkok
    by Myndo
    This is Bangkoks biggest and oldest Temple.
    It has 4 Vharns, 95 Cedis, a galerie with about 400 Bddha statues and many side buildings.
    The main attraction is a 46m long and 15 m high golden statue of a lying Buddha.
    On the feet of this Buddha are pearlmut inlaid ornaments. They show what is necessary for a Buddha.

    Compared to the Wat Phra Kaeo the visit is really cheap. Only 20 Baht per person.
    There are also not so many people around here as at the Palace. If you can only have a look at one temple in Bangkok, choose this one.

    To enter the Wat Buildings itself you have to take off your shoes. Have alook not only at the big things (said Buddha), but also on the small ones. I am always enjoying the craft and the beauty of the ornaments that cover almost everything.
    The walls, the doors, the pillars, are all decorated, painted, sculpted, plated with pearlmut inlaids, golden etc.
    There was a curious sound in this temple, you will notice it shortly after entering. A sort of rhythmic "pling, pling" but not really regular. I found out what it is when coming around the feet of the Buddha statue. There is a row of pots in which people throw coins. "pling, pling, pling".

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  • Phone: 02-221-991
  • Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.
  • Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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    Wat Pho: Wat Pho
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  • By roamer61 on May 6, 2008
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  • The Reclining Buddha - Bangkok
    The Reclining Buddha
    by roamer61, 2 more photos
    This is the largest temple complex in Bangkok and one of the largest in all of Thailand. Its most famous for the Reclining Buddha. It is gilded in gold and measures 150 feet long, the largest such figure in all of Thailand. You will also see 4 magnificent Chedi brilliantly decorated. These commemorate the first 4 kings of Thailand, Rama I, II, III and IV. The last being for King Mongkut, most famous in the west as the king from the film, Anna and the King.
    Prepare to spend at least an hour here exploring the wonderous sites of this complex.

  • Phone: 02-221-991
  • Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.
  • Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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