Temple of the Reclining Buddha

Wat Pho, also spelled Wat Po, is a Buddhist temple complex in the Phra Nakhon District, , . It is on , directly south of the Grand Palace.
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  • Building
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM–6:30 PM
  • Denomination: Theravada
  • Description: Buddhist temple in central Bangkok, Thailand
  • Address: พระบรมมหาราชวัง, พระนคร, กรุงเทพมหานคร 10200
  • Also known as
    “Viharn Phranorn (Reclining Buddha);Wat Pho”
    “Wat Pho”
    “Wat Photharam”
    “Wat Phra Chēttuphon”
    “Wat Phra Chetuphon”
    “Wat Po”
    “พระวิหารพระพุทธไสยาส”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Khao San Road and Grand Palace.
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is a small road about a block from the…
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The is a complex of buildings at the heart of , Thailand. is situated 340 metres north of Temple of the Reclining Buddha.
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Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan or … is situated 460 metres southwest of Temple of the Reclining Buddha.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wat Arun subdistrict and Ban Mo.
Wat Arun is one of two khwaeng of Bangkok Yai District, , apart from Wat Tha Phra.
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is the name of a street and its corresponding…
is a khwaeng in Phra Nakhon District, .

Temple of the Reclining Buddha

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Latitude
13.7465° or 13° 44′ 47″ north
Longitude
100.49169° or 100° 29′ 30″ east
Open location code
7P52PFWR+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23630142
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­theravada
Geo­Names ID
11592383
Wiki­data ID
Q1059910

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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Vietnamese—“Temple of the Reclining Buddha” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ဇေတုဝနဝိမလမင်္ဂလာရာမကျောင်း”
  • Burmese: “ဝပ်ဖိုဘုရားကျောင်း”
  • Chinese: “卧佛寺”
  • Chinese: “帕徹獨彭大寺院”
  • Chinese: “臥佛寺”
  • Czech: “Ležící Buddha”
  • Dutch: “Wat Pho”
  • French: “Bouddha couché du Wat Pho”
  • French: “Wat Pho”
  • French: “Wat Phra Chetuphan”
  • Georgian: “ვატ პჰო”
  • German: “Wat Pho (Tempel des liegenden Buddha)”
  • German: “Wat Pho”
  • German: “Wat Po”
  • German: “Wat Poh”
  • Hebrew: “ואט פהו”
  • Hebrew: “ואט פו”
  • Indonesian: “Candi berbaring Buddha”
  • Indonesian: “Wat Pho”
  • Indonesian: “Wat Phra Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhlaram Ratchaworamahawihan”
  • Indonesian: “Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm Rajwaramahaviharn”
  • Indonesian: “วัดพระเชตุพนวิมลมังคลารามราชวรมหาวิหาร”
  • Indonesian: “วัดโพธิ์”
  • Italian: “Wat Pho”
  • Japanese: “ワット・プラチェートゥポンウィモンマンカラーラーム”
  • Japanese: “ワット･ポー”
  • Japanese: “涅槃寺”
  • Khmer: “វត្តពោធិ៍”
  • Korean: “왓 포”
  • Malayalam: “വാറ്റ് ഫോ”
  • Polish: “Leżący Budda”
  • Polish: “Wat Pho”
  • Portuguese: “Wat Pho”
  • Rakhine: “ဝပ်ဖိုဘုရားကျောင်း”
  • Russian: “Ват-Пхо”
  • Russian: “Храм лежащего Будды”
  • Slovenian: “Wat Pho”
  • Spanish: “Buda reclinado”
  • Spanish: “Templo del Buda Reclinado”
  • Spanish: “Wat Pho”
  • Swedish: “Wat Pho”
  • Swedish: “Wat po”
  • Tagalog: “Wat Pho”
  • Thai: “liegender Buddha”
  • Thai: “วัดพระเชตุพน”
  • Thai: “วัดพระเชตุพนวิมลมังคลาราม”
  • Thai: “วัดพระเชตุพนวิมลมังคลารามราชวรมหาวิหาร”
  • Thai: “วัดพระเชตุพนวิมลมังคลาวาส”
  • Thai: “วัดโพธาราม”
  • Thai: “วัดโพธิ์”
  • Thai: “วัดโพธิ์ท่าเตียน”
  • Turkish: “Wat Pho”
  • Urdu: “وات پھو”
  • Vietnamese: “chùa Phật Nằm”
  • Vietnamese: “Wat Pho”
  • Vietnamese: “Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimonmangkhalaram Ratchaworamahawihan”
  • Vietnamese: “Wat Phra Chetuphon”

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