The giant Buddha statue of Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple is seen at the end of an avenue in Bangkok, Thailand, June 9, 2021. Reuters BANGKOK, June 21 – A Thai temple building a 230-foot Buddha ...

Buddhist devotees in Thailand and around the world now have a chance to visit and pray before a masterpiece replica of the Fasting Buddha, considered to be one of the “most profound and powerful ...

President Obama's trip to Asia with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kicked off Sunday with an arrival ceremony on the tarmac in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by a tour of Wat Pho-- the Temple of the ...

It is not the golden Buddha but the real gold Buddha. Thailand has many temples housing giant golden statues of Buddha but Wat Traimit houses a giant statue of Buddha made of pure gold. Although the ...

BANGKOK: A Buddha statue has been built on Thailand's disputed border with Cambodia, Bangkok's army said on Saturday (Jan 24), the same site where it knocked down and removed a likeness of a Hindu ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday gifted the brass statue of Sarnath Buddha in Dhyan Mudra to Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and a brocade silk shawl from Uttar ...

An Australian citizen has returned nine wooden Buddha statues to Thailand after more than a century in his family’s possession. The return of the diminutive carved statues, each of which stands around ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Giant Buddha statue of Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple is pictured in Bangkok BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai temple building a ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai temple building a 69-metre-tall (230 ft) Buddha statue that will be visible across Bangkok said construction was nearly complete but its opening may be pushed back to 2022 ...