Thailand - Reclining Budhdha- August 2011
Wat Pho is one of the largest and
oldest wats in Bangkok (with an area of 50 rai, 80,000
square metres), and is home to more than one thousand Buddha images, as well as
one of the largest single Buddha images of 160 ft length: the Reclining
Buddha
The image of reclining Buddha is
15 m high and 43 m long with his right arm supporting the head with tight curls
on two box-pillows of blue, richly encrusted with glass mosaics. The 3 m high
and 4.5 m long foot of Buddha displays are inlaid with mother-of-pearl. They
are divided into 108 arranged panels, displaying the auspicious symbols by
which Buddha can be identified like flowers, dancers, white elephants, tigers
and altar accessories. Over the statue is a seven tiered umbrella representing
the authority of Thailand. There are 108 bronze bowls in the corridor
indicating the 108 auspicious characters of Buddha. People drop coins in these
bowls as it is believed to bring good fortune, and to help the monks maintain
the wat. Though the reclining Buddha is not a pilgrimage centre, it
remains an object of popular piety.
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Rangarajan Ramaswamy Bangalore 15.08.2013
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