พระพุทธมิ่งมงคลเอกนาคคีรี, Phra Phutta Ming Mongkol Akenakiri
The Big Buddha, photographed from the frontside, bottom of the stairs.
Location
Wat Kitthi Sangkharam, Karon, Meaung, Phuket, Thailand
Type
Buddha statue
Maravijaya Attitude
Material
Concrete, covered with white marble
Height
45 metres (148 ft)
Beginning date
2002
Completion date
2014
Dedicated to
Gautama Buddha
Website
https://www.mingmongkolphuket.com/Index
Phuket Big Buddha, or The Great Buddha of Phuket, is a seated Maravija Buddha statue in Phuket, Thailand. The official name is Phra Phutta Ming Mongkol Eknakiri (Thai: พระพุทธมิ่งมงคลเอกนาคคีรี; RTGS: phra phuttha ming mongkhon eknakhakhiri), shortened to Ming Mongkol Buddha. Sitting atop Nakkerd Hill (also spelt Nagakerd) near Chalong, construction began in 2004. Expansion of the base was ongoing as of 2015.[1][2] By 2017, 80 percent of the project had been completed.[3] It is the third-tallest statue in Thailand behind only the Great Buddha of Thailand and Luangpho Yai.
The Buddha statue depicts Gautama in a sitting position (Maravichai: มารวิชัย) and is 45 metres (148 feet) tall and 25.45 metres (83.5 feet) wide. It is made of concrete and covered with Burmese white marble. Facing towards Ao Chalong Bay the statue is the main Buddha of the Wat Kitthi Sankaram temple (Wat Kata). The statue was declared the "Buddhist Treasure of Phuket" by Somdet Phra Yanasangwon, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, in 2008.[2]
The statue cost 30 million Baht (approx. $950,000 US in February 2019),[4] sourced primarily from donations.[5] It was built legally in a national conserved forest with the approval of Thai Royal Forest Department.
Phuket Big Buddha
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