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WAT TRAIMIT - THAILAND


Wat Traimit from the outside is relatively plain, but it is of great interest and value because it houses the Golden Buddha, a solid gold image . The image is unrivalled in beauty, measuring 12 feet 5 inches in diametre and has a height of 15 feet 9 inches from the base to the crown and it weighs approximately 5 tons. Now more than 700 years old, it is a valuable treasure of Thailand and of Buddhism.

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Wat Traimit

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