Sitting atop Nakkerd Hill near Chalong, construction began in 2004. By 2017, 80 percent of the project had been completed. It is the third-tallest statue in Thailand behind only the Great Buddha of Thailand and Luangpho Yai.
The Buddha statue depicts Gautama in a sitting position and is 45 meters tall and 25.45 meters wide. It is made of concrete and covered with Burmese white marble. Facing towards Ao Chalong Bay the statue is the main Buddha of the Wat Kitthi Sankaram temple.
The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo was one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the 20th century. Explosive activity began in early April as a series of well explosions
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