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WAT TRAIMIT
Buddhist Temple
mission 40B; 8am-5pm Tues-Sun; MRT Hua Lamphong, river ferry Tha
Ratchawong)
The attraction at Wat Traimit is undoubtedly the impressive 3m-tall,
5.5-tonne, solid-gold Buddha image, which gleams like, well, gold. Sculpted in the
graceful Sukhothai style, the image was 'discovered' some 40 years ago beneath a
stucco or plaster exterior, when it fell from a crane while being moved to a new
building within the temple compound. It has been theorised that the covering was
added to protect it from marauding hordes, either during the late Sukhothai period
or later in the Ayuthaya period when the city was under siege by the Burmese. The
temple itself is said to date from the early 13th century.
Chinatown & Phahurat
