Bang Sue, Bangkok, Thailand Country in Asia The Golden Buddha, officially titled Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon (Thai: āļāļĢāļ°āļāļļāļāļāļĄāļŦāļēāļŠāļļāļ§āļĢāļĢāļāļāļāļīāļĄāļēāļāļĢ; Sanskrit: by V - UK (Thanks for 4,465,214 + views) Best viewed in large View as a Slide Show Please flickriver.com/photos/velurajah/popular-interesting/ Bang Sue, Bangkok, Thailand Country in Asia The Golden Buddha, officially titled Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon (Thai: āļāļĢāļ°āļāļļāļāļāļĄāļŦāļēāļŠāļļāļ§āļĢāļĢāļāļāļāļīāļĄāļēāļāļĢ; Sanskrit: The Golden Buddha, officially titled Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon (Thai: āļāļĢāļ°āļāļļāļāļāļĄāļŦāļēāļŠāļļāļ§āļĢāļĢāļāļāļāļīāļĄāļēāļāļĢ; Sanskrit: BuddhamahÄsuvaráđapaáđimÄkara), commonly known in Thai as Phra Sukhothai Traimit (Thai: āļāļĢāļ°āļŠāļļāđāļāļāļąāļĒāđāļāļĢāļĄāļīāļāļĢ), is a gold Maravijaya Attitude seated Buddharupa statue, with a weight of 5.5 tonnes (5,500 kilograms). It is located in the temple of Wat Traimit, Bangkok, Thailand. At one point in its history, the statue was covered with a layer of stucco and colored glass to conceal its true value, and it remained in this condition for almost 200 years, ending up as what was then a pagoda of minor significance. During relocation of the statue in 1955, the plaster was chipped off and the gold revealed. https://flic.kr/p/2jxMdhd