According to the temple records called the Tōdaiji yōroku, casting of the statue began in 749 and construction of the Daibutsuden Great Buddha Hall was completed in 751. A grand ceremony to ...

Wat Buddhapadipa is in Wimbledon, London. It opened in 1976 and was the first Thai Buddhist Temple to be built in the UK. It is home to both monks and nuns. The Buddhist scriptures are known as ...