Portrait: The Reclining Buddha, Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand by Carole-Anne
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Portrait: The Reclining Buddha, Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand by

Detail of the head of the Reclining Buddha, Wat Pho or Wat Phra Chetuphon, Bangkok, Thailand. Wat Pho holds the dual honors of having both Thailand’s largest reclining Buddha & the largest number of Buddha images in Thailand. The Reclining Buddha is 46 meters long & 15 meters high, & illustrates the passing of the Buddha into nirvana.

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About Carole-Anne

Have camera, will travel!
Dynamic, documentary and expressive Travel photography with interests in people, landscape, culture, architecture, ancient civilizations, nature and wildlife.
Also interested in photographing local events.
Please feel free to visit my website which I share with my husband, Geoffrey Higges:
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portrait, buddhist, buddhism, temple, sculpture, gold plated, huge, figurative, religious, religion, venerated, symbols, rich, ceiling decoration, decorative, symbolic, reclining, closeup, bangkok, thailand, south east asia, carole anne fooks

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  • Audrey Clarke
    Audrey Clarke4 months ago

  • Thank you Audrey

    – Carole-Anne

  • DeeZ (D L Honeycutt)
    DeeZ (D L Hone...about 1 month ago

    EXCEPTIONAL!

    Please add this award winning image to the DeeZ 5Cs Award Showcase Group HERE
    Thanks, DeeZ!
    (Reminder, only works that receive this banner can be added to this group – I’m giving awards out to six works for each member at a time so be sure to submit all six!)

  • Thank you DeeZ

    – Carole-Anne

  • Charmiene Maxwell-batten
    Charmiene Maxw...about 1 month ago

    stunning!

  • Thank you Charmiene

    – Carole-Anne