Small shrine
Thai, with Cambodian, stuupa in the background
Major temple inside the palace confines
Little history for you here. The Emerald Buddha is 66 centimetres high. Made out of Jade it is called emerald to refer to colour only. It is green. According to a reliable chronicle, in 1434 A.D. lightning struck a chedi (?) in Chiengrai in northern Thailand and a Buddha statue covered with stucco was found inside. The image was brought into the abbot's residence and one day he noticed that the stucco on the nose had flaked off and the image inside was green in color. He removed all the stucco and found the Emerald Buddha. The most important ceremony associated with the Emerald Buddha is the dressing of the image, which takes place three times each year, marking the beginning of the hot, rainy, and cool seasons. The king of Thailand cleans the image and changes its headdress, and then prays while a royal attendant changes the image's garments.
Emerald Buddha as close as I can get it
