The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, known as Wat Pho in Thai, is a Buddhist temple complex which is most known for its gold-plated "Reclining Buddha" sculpture. The Buddha measures 151 feet long ...
But a new paper maps the widespread travels of a 16th-century Buddhist yogi from Rameswaram. He set out from Tamil Nadu but went as far as Zanzibar in the west and Macau in the east—a testimony to the ...
Big Buddha is a giant statue of Buddha encased in Burmese alabaster that towers over Phuket from the peak of Mount Nagakerd. Construction on Big Buddha began in 2007, and Phuketians are proud of ...