Big Buddha Phuket or Phraphutthamingmongkhol-akenagakhiri is a Contemporary art. Seated Buddha statue in Subduing Mara, with a lap width of 25.45 meters and a height of 45 meters. The structure is reinforced concrete, decorated with white jade marble from Burma. The weight of the white jade marble alone is approximately 135 tons or approximately 2,500 square meters.
The Big Buddha Phuket faces northeast and The statue was established on the top of Mount Nagakerd (Khao NagaKerd), Tambon Karon, Mueang District, Phuket Province.
***The name “Phra Phuttha Ming Mongkol Eknakkiri” was given by Somdech Phra Yanasangvara, The Supreme Patriarch of Thailand on October 28, 2008.
Khao NagaKerd Viewpoint
The highlight here is the 360-degree viewpoint, a panoramic view of Phuket, including the islands, Ao Chalong, Kata Beach, and Karon Beach, etc.
How to get to Big Buddha Phuket
From Phuket Town, take Chao Fah West Road, drive past Wat Chalong and turn right at Soi Yotsane 1, then drive along the road. It is a road that drives up the mountain (the distance from the entrance of Soi Yotsane 1 to the Big Buddha of Phuket is approximately 5.4 kilometers). Cars and motorcycles can drive up.
From Phuket Airport to the Big Buddha
- Rent a car to drive yourself or take a taxi from the airport.
- Take the airport bus to the city (Bus Terminal) and rent a car (there is a motorcycle rental shop in front of the bus terminal) or take a taxi from the bus terminal.
***Renting a motorcycle to drive yourself is the most convenient and cheapest.
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/cdwoiffAHk6ytcaF6
Opening hours: ***Big Buddha Phuket is temporarily closed!
“We would like to inform you that Mt. Nakkerd Buddha Garden is temporarily closed from now on.
According to orders from government agencies that supervises the Big Buddha construction project.”
