Partial view of the Wat Pho Temple, also known as the Reclining Buddha Temple, Bangkok, Thailand

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Wat Pho is the first on the list of six temples in Thailand classed as the highest grade of the first-class royal temples, it is associated with King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama 1) in 1781 A. D. who rebuilt the temple complex on an earlier temple site, it became his main temple and is where some of his ashes are enshrined, the temple was later expanded and extensively renovated by Rama III, the temple complex houses the largest collection of Buddha images in Thailand, including a 46 m long huge reclining Buddha Statue, it is also known as the birthplace of traditional Thai Massage, located in Bangkok, Thailand

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Size: 3600px × 2400px
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Photo credit: © Sharvari Mehendale / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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