Wat Pho facts for kids

Reclining Buddha

Wat Pho

Wat Pho (more fully Wat Phracheatupon Vimonmungkraram) is the "Temple of the Reclining Buddha". It is the one of the most important Buddhist temples in Thailand. With 99 pagodas, this temple has the most pagodas in Thailand. It is the largest and oldest Buddhist temple in Bangkok, and home of Thailand's largest Buddha. It is the temple where the art of Thai massage was developed.

The important pagodas are the pagodas of King Rama I, King Rama II and King Rama IV. This temple was rebuilt from the old Wat Photaram from the Ayudhaya period by King Rama I in 1788. It took seven years and five months and 18 days to finish. King Rama I changed the name from “Photaram” to “Phracheatupon Vimonmungkrawat”. King Rama III (1824—1851) did a lot of repairs to the building. King Rama IV renamed this temple "Wat Phracheatupon Vimonmungkraram". Wat Phracheatupon Vimonmungkraram is a popular place for tourists.

The feet of the Buddha

The "Reclining Buddha" (Phra Buddhasaiyas) is 46 m (151 ft) long and 15 m (49 ft) high. It was made during Rama III's work on the temple. His body is covered in gold, his eyes and feet have mother-of-pearl decorations. The bottom of his feet have 108 scenes made from the shells on them in both Chinese and Indian style.

Images for kids

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  Phra Maha Chedi Si Ratchakan

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  Arrival of the King of Siam at Wat Pho, 13 October 1865

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  Phra Mondop of Wat Pho. Flanking its entrances are statues of Yak Wat Pho

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  Chinese guardian figure beside a gate, Wat Pho

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  Interior of the ubosot of Wat Pho

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  Phra Ubosot

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  Phra Prang and part of the Phra Rabiang cloister

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  Buddha images in the cloister. The cloister is intersected with four viharas or viharns, one on each direction.

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  The Viharn containing the reclining Buddha. The tree on the right behind a pavilion is the Bodhi tree.

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  Sala Karn Parien

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  108 bronze bowls

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  Plan of the northern enclosure of Wat Pho

See also

In Spanish: Wat Pho para niños