I observed him meditating inside Wat Phra Singh, a 14th-century temple in ... in the traditional lotus position in front of a sacred Buddha statue. Four monks were meditating on the other side ...

It is one of the four Buddha statues commissioned by the late king to commemorate his 50th birthday. The four statues were moulded at Wat Phra Kaew, or the Temple Of The Emerald Buddha ...

When King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke the Great ascended to the throne, he established Krung[3] Rattanakosin as the new capital city on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River. He graciously built the Grand ...

At Wat Or Noi in Nakhon Pathom's Kamphaeng Saen district, police arrested abbot Phra Buddha Isara, who gained notoriety for his support of the Bangkok Shutdown movement in 2013-14, led by the then ...

Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat is a Buddhist temple in Thailand. It is famous for its gold sculpture of the Buddha. The pose of the statue celebrates the moment that the Buddha achieved enlightenment.

CHIANG MAI, THAILAND (RNS) Wat Phra That Doi Suthep is a Theravada Buddhist ... Legend has it that a white elephant carrying a relic of the Buddha walked up the mountain, trumpeted three times ...

The Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Rajwaramahawihan, popularly known as Wat Pho, has the largest collection of Buddha images in Thailand and is the country’s earliest centre for public ...

Wat Machimmaram is an impressive Thai Buddhist ... The inscription also bears the name Phra Buddha Bharameedharm Chamruslok in English, Thai and Chinese characters. The architecture of the temple ...