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DAILY PHOTO: Sarnath: Site of the Buddha’s First Sermon
DAILY PHOTO: Buddha Temple, Sarnath
DAILY PHOTO: The Giant Buddha of Wat Thai, Sarnath
Being one of the four most major pilgrimage sites of Buddhism, Sarnath has a number of temples built by members of countries with large Buddhist populations. Among these countries is Thailand. (FYI: There is also a Chinese Temple, a Japanese Temple, and a Tibetan Temple.) While the guidebook advice is that these modern temples are skippable, an exception might be made for Wat Thai, which is both nearby to the [unskippable] Archaeology Museum and has a giant Buddha statue.
Here is the sign for the giant Buddha.