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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 mentioned as being located "in the middle of Sukhothai City", interpreted as being a reference to the Wat Traimit Golden Buddha. [4]
The abbot removed the stucco and found a Buddha figure carved from a green semi-precious stone, which became known as Phra Kaew Morakot or in English the Emerald Buddha. ("Emerald" refers to its "green colour" in Thai, not its composition.) [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Some art historians describe the Emerald Buddha as belonging to the Chiang Saen Style of the ...
The name is a blend of Sanskrit words: Phra Phuttha (lit. ' Lord Buddha ' , Sanskrit vara buddha ); Mahanawamintra (Bhumibol's royal title, Sanskrit mahā nava mindra ), Sakayamunee (Sanskrit śākya munī ), and Visejchaicharn (Sanskrit śrī viśeṣa jaya jāña )
The Emerald Buddha, or Phra Kaeo Morakot (พระแก้วมรกต), formally named Phra Phuttha Maha Mani Rattana Patimakon (พระพุทธมหามณีรัตนปฏิมากร), is the temple's main Buddha image as well as its namesake.
The Phra Phuttha Sihing (Thai: พระพุทธสิหิงค์) is a highly revered image of the Gautama Buddha in Bangkok, Thailand, second in importance only after the Emerald Buddha. The image is currently housed at the Phutthaisawan Hall (formerly a part of the Front Palace ), now the Bangkok National Museum . [ 1 ]
Phra Maha Chedi Si Rajakarn. This is a group of four large stupas, each 42 metres high. These four chedis are dedicated to the first four Chakri kings. [8] The first, in green mosaic tiles, was constructed by Rama I to house the remnants of a great bronze standing Buddha from Ayutthaya called Phra Phuttha Sanphet.
Somdej Krom Phraya or Somdet Phra (สมเด็จพระ): Highest rank of royal peerage, usually granted to the Queen Mother, Princess Mother and Maha Uparaj. Somdet Phra was created by Rama VI, replacing Krom Somdet (สมเด็จกรมพระยา หรือ กรมสมเด็จพระ). Queen Mothers:
A mural depicting a preta and procession of monks in the ordination hall. The temple dates back to the beginning of the Rattanakosin Kingdom.At the time, it was said that preta (Thai: เปรต, pret), a kind of undead in Buddhist and Siamese belief often depicted as a tall hungry ghost with a thin body and a scary howling cry, appeared in front of the temple at night.