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Phuket – The Phuket Big Buddha on the Nerk Kerd Mountain is temporarily closed for tourism. [1]
Karon – The Karon Mayor has confirmed that no legal license was requested for some construction on the Phuket Big Buddha. [2]
LifeBangkok's Big Buddha joins Asia's giants From Thailand to China, giant religious images bring devotees and tourists The head of the giant Buddha image at Bangkok's Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen Temple. [3]
Phuket – After years of anticipation, the revered Phra Phuttha Mingmongkol Eknakakiri, widely known as the “Big Buddha,” will officially welcome worshippers and visitors on March 3, 2026, coinciding with the sacred Buddhist holiday of Makha Bucha. [4]
Phuket – The Royal Forest Department has confirmed that some areas at the Big Buddha have encroached illegally into a reserve forest. [5]
Phuket – The Phuket Big Buddha on the Nerk Kerd Mountain is temporarily closed for tourism.
Karon – The Karon Mayor has confirmed that no legal license was requested for some construction on the Phuket Big Buddha.
LifeBangkok's Big Buddha joins Asia's giants From Thailand to China, giant religious images bring devotees and tourists The head of the giant Buddha image at Bangkok's Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen Temple.
Phuket – After years of anticipation, the revered Phra Phuttha Mingmongkol Eknakakiri, widely known as the “Big Buddha,” will officially welcome worshippers and visitors on March 3, 2026, coinciding with the sacred Buddhist holiday of Makha Bucha.
Phuket – The Royal Forest Department has confirmed that some areas at the Big Buddha have encroached illegally into a reserve forest.
A Pattaya official dismissed a complaint that someone is living in an abandoned Big Buddha Hill building built on public land, saying the occupant is a city employee and c
PHUKET, Thailand – The death toll from the landslide in Karon Sub-district, Mueang District, Phuket, has risen to 13,
Phuket– Local residents affected by the recent landslide at Khao Phra Yai have submitted a formal petition opposing the reopening of the Big Buddha site in Phuket.
On the 12th May the Green Pattaya Community gathered over 120 people to clean up around the temples on Big Buddha Hill.
Summer storms injured two people and damaged 14 houses in Phetchabun province and tore down a building that housed a big reclining Buddha image in Buri Ram.