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Grand Palace, Bangkok, Bangkok · 13.7515°, 100.4927°
Thailand's palladium: the 66 cm jadeite Buddha, discovered in 1434 when lightning split a Chiang Rai stupa, travelled through Lampang, Chiang Mai and two centuries in Laos before Rama I enshrined it in his new Bangkok. The King of Thailand himself changes its gold seasonal robes thrice yearly; no other hand may touch it. The surrounding gallery holds the 178-panel Ramakien — Thailand's Ramayana — in mural form.
The image, legend claims, was fashioned in India by the gods' craftsman for the sage Nagasena, who prophesied it would carry Buddhism to five lands; wherever the Emerald Buddha resides, sovereignty and rain follow — which is why Laos and Siam contested it for centuries.
Grand Palace complex; strict dress code.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-26 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chakri (Rattanakosin)