ေလဆာပစ္ဘုရား (Khao Chee-ChanBuddha image)

အနီးကပ္ေလး ကင္မရာနဲ႔ ဆြဲလို႔ရသမွ်

Khao Chee-ChanBuddha image

About 20 minutes outside of Pattaya stands the largest Buddha image in the world, Khao Chee Chan also known as Buddha Mountain. Khao Chee-ChanBuddha image engraved in the hill Khao Chee-Chan. Part of the Wat Yansangwararam temple complex, Chonburi, Thailand.

Built in 1996 to commemorate King Bhumibol’s golden jubilee, the 50th anniversary of his accession to the throne, the King’s children with members of the department of Geological Resources and the nearby Asian Institute of Technology started the construction. Using American laser technology the image was carved into the sheer cliff in just two days, but It would take many months to fill the grooved image with the required gold leaf. The cost of the project is said to be over three million dollars.

The mountain itself is a remnant of Thailand’s once wartime mining efforts. During the Vietnam war the Thai navy mined the mountain for stone to use at the nearby American base. After the war mining continued to provide stone for local roads and construction. In 1976 His Majesty King Bhumibol halted mining in the area. Although mining was stopped illegal mining at the site still took place for many years as locals mined stone to sell to local contractors.


The outline of the sitting Buddha, also known as Sukhothai-era Buddha, stands 130 meters tall and 71 meters wide. The image can literally be seen from miles away. Below the sheer cliff are beautiful gardens with terraced pools filled with lotus flowers as well as several shrines to pay homage. The mountain is a good place to stop on your way to or coming from Nong Nooch Gardens as it is only 7 kilometers away. It makes for a great day trip.

Wat Yangsangwararam

ေလဆာပစ္ဘုရားဆီသို႔ အသြားမွာ ေတြ႕ရတဲ့ ဘုရားတစ္ဆူျဖစ္ပါတယ္။

Wat Yangsangwararam in Pattaya gives you an opportunity to view alternative architectural masterpieces in Buddhism temple design. The temple is built in the same style as the Mahabodi Temple at Bodhgaya in India. It's a relatively new complex constructed in 1978 to commemorate the reign of the two great kings, Naresuan and Taksin for their successful struggle to free Thailand from Burmese invaders. The various temples and buildings that you will see situated on this vast site make use of modern materials and building techniques to create numerous architectural design styles from mostly Thailand, Cambodia, Burma and China.

ဘုရားဖူးရဟန္းေတာ္မ်ားႏွင့္ ခရီးသည္အခ်ိဳ႕။