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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 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 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 ...
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.
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.
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In the beginning, it was initially called "Wat Maha Sutthawat" (วัดมหาสุทธาวาส) and was located in a combretum grove. Further construction and decorations were carried out by King Rama II who helped carve the wooden doors, but the temple was not completed until the reign of King Rama III in 1847 or 1848.