Great Buddha of Thailand (Wat Muang)

The Big Buddha of Thailand, also known as The Great Buddha, The Big Buddha of Thailand, Phra Buddha Maha Nawaminthara Sakayamunee Visejchaicharn is a statue of the Buddha, located in of .
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: colossal statue in Ang Thong, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Great Buddha of Thailand”, “Mahaminh Sakayamunee Visejchaicharn”, “Phra Buddha Maha Nawamin”, “Phra Buddha Maha Nawamin, and Mahaminh Sakayamunee Visejchaicharn”, “The Big Buddha”, and “The Big Buddha of Thailand”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wat Muang.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 130 metres east of Great Buddha of Thailand (Wat Muang).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ang Thong.

Photo: Kittipong khunnen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the region of . The city and its surrounding area are noted for its huge reclining Buddha, courageous heroes, court dolls, wickerwork, drum-making, and double-reclining Buddha.

Great Buddha of Thailand (Wat Muang)

Latitude
14.59321° or 14° 35′ 36″ north
Longitude
100.37786° or 100° 22′ 40″ east
Height
92 metres (302 feet)
Open location code
7P62H9VH+74
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1314582895
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q2083114
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Great Buddha of Thailand (Wat Muang)” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تمثال بوذا العظيم في تايلاند”
  • Basque: “Thailandiako Buda Handia”
  • Burmese: “ဗုဒ္ဓရုပ်ပွားတော်ကြီး”
  • Catalan: “Gran Buda de Tailàndia”
  • Chinese: “泰国大佛”
  • Chinese: “泰國大佛”
  • Dutch: “Grote Boeddha van Thailand”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال بوذا العظيم فى تايلاند”
  • Finnish: “Mahaminh Sakayamunee Visejchaicharn”
  • French: “Grand Bouddha de Thaïlande”
  • Galician: “Gran Buda de Tailandia”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλος Βούδας της Ταϊλάνδης”
  • Hindi: “थाईलैंड के महान बुद्ध”
  • Indonesian: “Buddha Besar Thailand”
  • Italian: “Grande Buddha della Thailandia”
  • Kannada: “ಥೈಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ನ ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ಬುದ್ಧ”
  • Khmer: “ព្រះពុទ្ធដ៏អស្ចារ្យនៅប្រទេសថៃ”
  • Persian: “بودای بزرگ تایلند”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Buda da Tailândia”
  • Rakhine: “ဗုဒ္ဓမဟာနဝမိန္ဒြ သကျမုနီ”
  • Sinhala: “තායිලන්තයේ මහා බුද්ධ ප්‍රතිමාව”
  • Spanish: “Gran Buda de Tailandia”
  • Thai: “พระพุทธมหานวมินทรศากยมุนีศรีวิเศษชัยชาญ”
  • Western Frisian: “Grutte Boeda fan Tailân”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Seatings for prayers and Lotus Ubosot of Wat Muang.

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