BANGKOK -- Deep in a network of canals in the oldest part of Thailand's capital city stands a newly completed giant clad in glowing bronze. Towering nearly 70 meters above the ground, the height of a 20-story building, it is the city's biggest Buddha image, with a width of 40 meters in its cross-legged meditation posture.
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The head of the giant Buddha image at Bangkok's Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen Temple. Construction began in 2017, with costs reaching the equivalent of about $3.3 million. (Courtesy of Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen)
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