Lying Buddha at Pranon Wat Pho - Bangkok

Interesting in Bangkok is the Reclining Buddha in Pranon Wat Pho located in the Phra Nakhon district. Wat Pho is the largest and oldest wat (wat means temple) in Bangkok and houses more than one thousand Buddha images. The Reclining Buddha is one of the largest single Buddha statues around. It was built in the 16th Century surrounded by a quiet fishing village. What is interesting is that this incredibly large sculpture is not located in a proportionally large temple but in a rectangular space which allows the corridor around it for the visitors. It is actually impossible to look at this golden sculpture as a whole but only in partial frames which somehow makes the impression of this sculpture even more spectacular.