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Wat Pho
You'll find (slightly) fewer tourists here than at Wat Phra Kaew, but Wat Pho is our person-
al favourite among Bangkok's biggest temples. In fact, the compound incorporates a host
of superlatives: the largest reclining Buddha, the largest collection of Buddha images in
Thailand and the country's earliest centre for public education.
Almost too big for its shelter, the genuinely impressive
Reclining Buddha
, 46m long
and 15m high, illustrates the passing of the Buddha into nirvana (ie the Buddha's death).
The figure is modelled out of plaster around a brick core and finished in gold leaf. Mother-
of-pearl inlay ornaments the feet, displaying 108 diff erent auspicious
lák·sà·nà(characteristics of a Buddha).
