Sunday 9 August 2009

Wat Phra Thong : Phuket, Thailand

Wat Phra Thong in Thalang, Phuket. It's located near Highway 402, owes its construction to the following legend: a boy has custody of water buffalo, which he attached to a piece of metal protruding from the ground to using a hemp rope. Suddenly, the boy died, but it seems his father in a dream and told him about the piece of metal. The father started digging and came upon a statue of Buddha in gold casting. The Buddha can not be fully excavated and a temple was built on the site in 1785. When Burma Thalang conquered a second attempt was made to dig up the statue to which it broke in two. Half have disappeared, but the other is still in the temple, where it can be accessed. Gables and windows of buildings of the temple rich exhibition of sculpture.

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