it’s open, and that’s very New ... the statue of the Buddha in this temple,” he said. “Anybody who comes to that temple, feels so calm and collected once they see that big Buddha.

The Buddha measures 151 feet long and is 50 meters tall, making it the largest reclining Buddha statue in Thailand ... steps are steep and the stairway is very narrow. Many travelers rave about ...

Every day, watched by four gilded Buddha statues, a Japanese Buddhist monk drums his way over the grass. His name is the Reverend Gyoro Nagase, and he knows these gilded Buddhas very well.