Wat Paknam - city's biggest Buddha image in Bangkok 💛 Thailand 😊🇹🇭👋📸💯 Greetings and have a fantastic day all. ~~~~ Towering nearly 70 meters above the ground, the height of a 20-story building, it is the city's biggest Buddha image, with a width of 40 meters in its cross-legged meditation posture. Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen (Thai: วัดปากน้ำภาษีเจริญ) is a royal wat ('temple') located in Phasi Charoen district, Bangkok, at the Chao Phraya River. It is part of the Maha Nikaya fraternity and is the origin of the Dhammakaya tradition. It is a large and popular temple, supported by prosperous community members. Wat Paknam was established in 1610, during the Ayutthaya period, and received support from Thai kings until the late nineteenth century. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the temple had become nearly abandoned and had fallen into disrepair. The temple underwent a major revival and became widely known under the leadership of the meditation master Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro, who was abbot there in the first half of the twentieth century. . . . #watpaknam #visitbangkok #webangkok #bangkokcity #bangkokcityvibes #bangkokspirit #bangkoktravel #bangkoktrip #bangkokview #bbkk #travelbangkok #travelthailand #beautifulthailand #discoverthailand #ilovethailand #thaiculture #thailand_allshot #thailand_ig #thailandgram #thailandinsider #thailandismagic #thailandphotography #thailandtourism #thailandtrip #lostinthailand #unseenthailand #wheninthailand #tourismthailand (at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen) https://www.instagram.com/p/CohZBiaMOod/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
