People come to Wat Lokayasutharam Temple for travel and pray Reclining Buddha on June 9, 2015 in Ayutthaya Thailand. Wat Lokayasutharam where the largest reclining Buddha image (32m long, 8m high) in Ayutthaya, Phra Buddha Saiyat, is enshrined. At present, there is no vihara to shelter the image. The village elders said that in the past the vihara roof was made of tin. Consequently, it was struck by lightning twice. After that the local people agreed to leave the image outdoors. The 8 meter high reclining Buddha is usually draped in a large marigold robe, but this was not the case when we visited. The royal palace that once stood near the temple was levelled to the ground in 1767 during the Burmese invasion of Ayutthaya, the former capital of Thailand. Hence all that is left to see apart from the statue is a solo standing prang (tower).
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