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The Golden Buddha, officially titled Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon (Thai: พระพุทธมหาสุวรรณปฏิมากร; Sanskrit ...
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 ]
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 )
Thai films at the Internet Movie Database – Links to index of the Thai-language titles; Thai Film Database; Thailand box office results at Box Office Mojo; Thailand movies lineup at SiamZone; Movie release schedule in Thailand 2007 at Pantip.com, with archives going back to 1999; MovieSeer – Current showtimes in Thailand
The Emerald Buddha (Thai: พระแก้วมรกต - Phra Kaew Morakot, or official name พระพุทธมหามณีรัตนปฏิมากร - Phra Phuttha Maha Mani Ratana Patimakorn) is the palladium of the Kingdom of Thailand, a figurine of the sitting Buddha, made of green jade (rather than emerald), clothed in gold, and about 45 cm tall.
The temple in the mid-19th century; illustration by Henri Mouhot. Phra Phutthabat temple was built in 1624 [1] (B.E. 2168) by King Songtham of Ayutthaya, after a hunter named Phran Bun found a large depression in the stone, resembling a huge footprint, near Suwan Banpot Hill or Satchaphanthakhiri Hill.
Phuttawong (Thai: เจ้าหลวงพุทธวงศ์, Buddhavaṅśa), better known as Suriwong, or Chao Luang Phaendin Yen (Thai: เจ้าหลวงแผ่นดินเย็น, lit.