Tourists around Phra Buddha Sai Yat, a 42-metre-long and 8-metre-high brick-and-mortar image of the Buddha. The image is draped in a yellow cloth, the colour most associated with royalty in Thailand. The Buddha’s head is supported by the right hand and rests on lotus buds. The image was restored by the Thai Fine Arts Department in 1956. Like many other monasteries in Ayutthaya, Wat Lokaya Sutha was destroyed by the Burmese armies during the invasion of 1767.
A Thai Buddhist woman offers prayers at Phra Buddha Sai Yat.
Thai Buddhist men wearing traditional bamboo hats at Phra Buddha Sai Yat temple at Ayutthaya, near Bangkok, Thailand. Like many other monasteries in Ayutthaya, Wat Lokaya Sutha was destroyed by the Burmese army during the invasion of 1767.
A sweeper sweeps around a row of Buddha statues at Wat Lokaya Sutha, the ‘temple of the Earth’, located near the northwestern tip of the historical island near the old Royal Palace and Wat Phra Si Sanphet in Ayutthaya near Bangkok, Thailand.
Remains of the Wat Mahathat Temple in the ancient town of Ayutthaya near Bangkok, Thailand.
An ornate sandstone head that fell off a statue of Lord Buddha was gradually covered by roots of a Bodhi tree at the Wat Mahathat Temple in the ancient town of Ayutthaya near Bangkok, Thailand.
Remains of the Wat Mahathat Temple, which housed Lord Buddha's relics and statues, in the ancient town of Ayutthaya near Bangkok, Thailand.
A Thai Buddhist woman in a traditional dress walks past temple ruins at Ayutthaya, near Bangkok, Thailand.
Thai Buddhist girls in traditional dresses at the ruins of temples at Ayutthaya, near Bangkok, Thailand.
A Buddhist monk adjusts his robe at the Phra Buddha Sai Yat Temple at Ayutthaya, near Bangkok, Thailand. As with many other monasteries in Ayutthaya, Wat Lokaya Sutha was also destroyed by the Burmese armies during the invasion of 1767.