Wat Hat Yai Nai (Reclining Buddha)
Thailand's fifth-largest reclining Buddha at 35 metres — and beneath it, a chamber of 169,000 individual Buddha images covering every surface.
About this Place
Wat Hat Yai Nai houses Thailand's fifth-largest reclining Buddha — a 35-metre image that virtually fills the entire viharn (assembly hall) in which it lies. The scale is genuinely awe-inspiring: to see the full length you must walk alongside the building. The internal chamber beneath the viharn contains an astonishing interior — 169,000 small Buddha images arranged in niches covering every surface from floor to ceiling, creating a kaleidoscopic effect that is one of southern Thailand's most memorable visual experiences. The temple complex also contains a museum with a wax effigy of the monk who commissioned the Buddha image. Located in Hat Yai's western suburbs, 10 minutes from the centre by tuk-tuk. Admission free. Modest dress required (sarongs available at gate). A genuinely impressive Buddhist monument in a city that most visitors pass through quickly.
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7.0034, 100.4583
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