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- Head of Buddha under a Bodhi tree
- Though the body is gone, the sandstone head is entrapped in the roots and lies beneath a Bodhi tree in the vicinity of Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya.
- The remain of some prangs and Buddha images without head
- Zoom out! Under a big shady tree lies a Buddha head!~
- The main prang in Wat Mahathat was believed built to house relics of Buddha.
- Also known as royal monastery, several restoration works took place before Ayutthaya was sacked and this wat was burnt.
- Since then it remains as laterite ruins.
- The Enligtened One
*In 1956 A.D., Fine Arts Department discovered the relics of Buddha in a chedi/stupa besides some other antiques including Buddha image, votive tablets, covered boxes in the shaped of fish and gold plaques in the animals form. These objects were later transferred and kept in Chao Sam Phraya National Museum.
- Buddha heads are gone - no thanks to the unethical head hunters
- Octagonal chedi
- Chedis and laterite ruins
- One of the last few complete Buddha images
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