Big Buddha Phuket, Phuket City

Big Buddha Phuket, Phuket City (Thailand)

Phuket Big Buddha or The Great Buddha of Phuket is a seated Maravija Buddha statue in Phuket Thailand. The official name is Phra Phutta Ming Mongkol Eknakiri shortened to Ming Mongkol Buddha. Sitting atop Nakkerd Hill near Chalong construction began in 2004. Expansion of the base was ongoing as of 2015. 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.