- Type: Religious Sights
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NileGuide Expert Says:
The biggest seated Buddha in Bangkok and an important temple for the Chinese-Thai community
Description:
- Wat Kalayanmit Woramahavihara is easily visible from the Chao Phraya River as it has a huge vihaan (worship room) built to house the 49-foot (15-meter) high gold statue of a seated Buddha. Also in the temple grounds are the biggest bronze bell in Thailand and an old stone pagoda from China. The courtyard also has many statues that were brought to Thailand as ballast in empty Chinese rice junks. Founded by a Chinese nobleman who donated the land for the temple in the early 19th Century, this Wat is popular with the Thai-Chinese community. Access by cross river ferry from Tha Rajinee (No.7) or walk across Memorial Bridge from Tha Saphan Phut (No.6). -AH
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Contact:
- tel: +66 2 466 4643
Address:
- 371 Soi Wat Kalaya,Thanon Tetsaban Sai 1
- Thon Buri
- Bangkok, 10600
Neighborhood:
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- Easy
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