| Wat Pho is also known as the temple of the | | | | Reclining Buddha are decorated with 108 |
| Reclining Buddha and is located at Phra Nakhon | | | | auspicious scenes in Chinese and Indian styles. |
| district in Thailand. The temple was built as a | | | | Prior to the founding of the temple, the place was |
| restoration of an earlier temple in the exact same | | | | the center for traditional Thai medicine. There are |
| place. Actually, the temple construction started in | | | | still still images housed within the temple depicting |
| 1788 and was restored in 1824. The Wat Pho | | | | various yoga positions. The temple is also known |
| was recently restored in 1982 to recapture the | | | | as the birth place of traditional Thai massage. In |
| old magnificance and grandeur. | | | | 1962 a school for traditional medicine and |
| The Wat Pho is one of the largest temples in | | | | massage was also established within the precinct |
| Thailand. It covers an area of 80,000 square feet. | | | | of the temple. |
| Wat Pho houses more than one thousand Buddha | | | | The temple is divided into two blocks by a road |
| images and one of them is the image of the | | | | that runs from east to west. The first block is |
| Reclining Buddha. This image is forty six metres | | | | where one would find the Reclining Buddha and |
| long and fifteen metres in height. The body of the | | | | the second block serves as the residence for |
| image is covered with gold plated sheet and the | | | | monks and it houses the school for the traditional |
| eyes are made from pearls. The feet of the | | | | Thai medicine and massage. |