Bangkok Wat Traimit
- Located at the end of Chinatown's Yaowarat Road, near Hualampong Railway
Station, Wat Traimit is a temple which has a seated Buddha statue made of pure
gold the size of the largest in the world, measuring almost five meters tall
and weighs five and a half tons.
Bangkot Wat Traimit – The Temple Of
Golden Buddha
Initially,
the Golden Buddha statue is completely covered with stucco to hide from the
enemies that come later attacked Thailand and once the statue is placed in the
main building Choti-Naram temple Wat or Phrayakrai, Yannawa District, Bangkok
in the third reign Chakkri Dynasty in the Ratanakosin era.
When
Chotanaram temple was deserted in about 1931, the Company East Asia, with
official permission, to widen its area of operations to empty the temple land
area is then dipindahkanlah this Buddha statue Witthayaram Traimit Temple until
today, in 1955, then discovered that the Buddha statue is made of pure gold.
Hours:
9:00 to 17:00
Location:
Traimit Road (west of Hua Lampong Station), Chinatown
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