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WAT TRAIMIT - THAILAND
Wat Traimit from the outside is relatively plain, but it is of great interest and value
because it houses the Golden Buddha, a solid gold image .
The image is unrivalled in beauty, measuring 12 feet 5 inches in diametre
and has a height of 15 feet 9 inches from the base to the crown and it weighs approximately 5 tons.
Now more than 700 years old, it is a valuable treasure of Thailand and of Buddhism.
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