Thailand Guide -- National Geographic

Photo: Buddha head surrounded by tree roots

Inextricably joined with a bodhi tree—the same type of tree under which Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, achieved enlightenment—a Buddha head greets visitors to the ruins of Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya. The temple is part of Ayutthaya Historical Park.

Photograph by Stuart Updegrave, My Shot

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