Wat Traimit (Golden Buddha)
วัดไตรมิตรวิทยาราม
A temple at the entrance to Chinatown housing a solid gold seated Buddha weighing about 5.5 tonnes, one of the largest solid gold Buddha statues in the world.
The golden Buddha stands about 3 metres tall and is believed to have been cast in the Sukhothai period. To hide it from invaders during wartime, it was covered in plaster, which broke away when the statue was moved in 1955, revealing its true form. It is now enshrined on the top floor of a four-storey white marble hall completed in 2010, and the lower floors house an exhibition on Yaowarat's history and the Golden Buddha. Climbing up to see the golden Buddha costs about 100 baht, and the exhibition is charged separately. The temple is about a 5-minute walk from Hua Lamphong MRT station, next to Chinatown.
Opening hours
08:00–17:00 (exhibition hall closed Mondays)
Nearby sights
- Yaowarat Road (Chinatown)
- Talat Noi
- ICONSIAM
- Assumption Cathedral
- Wat Saket (Golden Mount)
- Pak Khlong Talat (Flower Market)
- Jim Thompson House
- Wat Suthat & Giant Swing