Wat Traimit Witthayaram Worawihan, often referred to as the Temple of the Golden Buddha, is a renowned Buddhist temple located in Bangkok’s Chinatown district. The temple is internationally recognized for housing the world’s largest solid gold Buddha statue, known as Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon.

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Wat Traimit Witthayaram Worawihan, often referred to as the Temple of the Golden Buddha, houses the world’s largest solid gold Buddha statue.

It’s estimated that it’s worth over $300 million dollars and the exact origins of the Golden Buddha statue are not definitively known, but it is believed to have been crafted during the Sukhothai period (13th-15th centuries). To protect it from potential theft during times of conflict, the statue was covered in plaster, disguising its true value. In 1955, while being moved to its current location at Wat Traimit, the plaster coating was accidentally chipped, revealing the solid gold beneath. This remarkable discovery unveiled a statue standing over three meters tall and weighing approximately 5.5 tons, making it the largest known solid gold Buddha image in existence.

How to get there.

Wat Traimit Witthayaram Worawihan is walking distance from The Train Museum, Wat Maha Phruettharam Worawihant (Mini Reclining Budha) and River City in the Bang Rak area of Bangkok.