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Wat Traimit Bangkok - Thailand
Wat Traimit is a famous temple in Bangkok thanks to its unique beauty, history and thanks to its enormous, monolithic golden Buddha statue. The temple is located at the end of Yaowarat Road, near Hualampong station, in Samphanthawong district.
According to the statue of Golden Buddha was struck at the time when Thailand was invaded by Burma. They usurped all gold and gold statues of Burma. Because of fear of washing, the workers covered outside the statue of a concrete class. In 1950, while moving this concrete block to the new temple, the statue was dropped down, and no one picked up and the Buddha was again kept oblivious for some time. A monk is warned, finding the statue. Through the cracks and bright yellow light, this monk understands and finds the original gold statue. The Golden Buddha is a 3 meter tall seated Buddha statue with gold block, weighing 5.5 tons. The statue represents prosperity and purity as well as strength and power.