# Phutthamonthon

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Buddhist park in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

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Buddha statue in the [Leela attitude](/source/Leela_attitude) at Phutthamonthon

Buddhist monks at Phutthamonthon

**Phutthamonthon** ([Thai](/source/Thai_language): พุทธมณฑล, pronounced [\[pʰút.tʰā.mōn.tʰōn\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Thai); also spelled **Buddha Monthon**; from [Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit) *Buddha Máṇḍala*, 'Buddha's sphere') is a [Buddhist](/source/Buddhism) park in [Salaya subdistrict](/source/Salaya%2C_Thailand) of [Phutthamonthon district](/source/Phutthamonthon_district), [Nakhon Pathom province](/source/Nakhon_Pathom_province), [Thailand](/source/Thailand). The park is situated just outside the western border of [Bangkok](/source/Bangkok). It is highlighted by a 15.87 metres (52.1 feet) high statue of [Gautama Buddha](/source/The_Buddha) by [Corrado Feroci](/source/Silpa_Bhirasri).

The park was created in 1957 (the year 2500 in the [Thai Buddhist Era](/source/Thai_solar_calendar)) on the basis of an idea of Thailand's prime minister, [Phibunsongkhram](/source/Plaek_Pibulsonggram). The park covers an area of about 400 [hectares](/source/Hectare), which in traditional Thai units is 2500 [rai](/source/Rai_(area)). Construction started 29 July 1955, and the park was inaugurated on the [Vaisakh Bucha](/source/Vaisakh_Bucha) day, 13 May 1957.[1]

After a long pause, construction on the park resumed in 1976. The main Buddha statue was built after that time. Already designed in 1955 by art professor [Silpa Bhirasri](/source/Silpa_Bhirasri), the statue was cast in 1981. The [Leela Attitude](/source/Leela_Attitude) statue, 15.875 m high and at the centre of the park, was given the name *Phra Si Sakkaya Thotsaphonlayan Prathan Phutthamonthon Suthat* ([Thai](/source/Thai_language): พระศรีศากยะทศพลญาณ ประธานพุทธมณฑลสุทรรศน์, literally 'the Graceful Statue of the [Shakyamuni](/source/Gautama_Buddha) who was of the [Tenfold Power](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ten_Powers_of_Buddha&action=edit&redlink=1), the Presiding Buddha of the Beautiful Phutthamonthon') by King [Bhumibol Adulyadej](/source/Bhumibol_Adulyadej). Around the statue are sites memorialising the four main stations in the life of [Buddha](/source/Gautama_Buddha): his birth symbolized by seven [lotus](/source/Sacred_lotus) flowers, his [enlightenment](/source/Bodhi) under the [Bodhi tree](/source/Bodhi_tree), his first sermon, and his death. Another important building is the marble viharn, which contains the entire [Buddhist canon](/source/Tripitaka) engraved in 1418 marble stelas.

In July 2017, a group of [smooth-coated otters](/source/Smooth-coated_otter) was spotted in the park. They are believed to be descendants of the otter population that inhabited this area before it was developed into the park it is today.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-TAT_1-0)** ["Phutthamonthon"](https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/phutthamonthon). *Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)*. Retrieved 2022-12-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["พบ 'ฝูงนาก' ในพุทธมณฑล เผ่าพันธุ์สุดท้าย ที่ยังเหลือรอด! วอน 'อนุรักษ์'ไว้"](https://www.thairath.co.th/news/local/central/1021096). *Thairath* (in Thai). 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

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