Wat Chaiya Mangalaram is a Buddhist temple that is actually Thai in origin, and was built by a Thai monk during the mid-19th century. The reclining Buddha at Wat Chaiya Mangalaram is over 100 feet long, depicted wearing robes of gold and smiling slightly at worshippers. The statue represents the Buddhist ethos of enlightenment, in which worries drift away and nirvana is achieved. He is meant to inspire, and many past worshippers of this Buddhist temple, in George Town, have had their ashes placed behind the massive statue, hoping perhaps to feel some of the tranquility and enlightenment that he clearly feels.

George Town, 10350, Penang, Malaysia

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