| The Emerald Buddha is a figurine of a sitting Budha, | | | | several hands after that: Ayutthaya, Kamphaeng |
| that is the is the palladium of the Kingdom of | | | | Phet, Lao and finally Chiang Rai. It was finally in |
| Thailand. The Buddha is made of green jade, | | | | Chiang Rai that the ruler of the city hid it.It wasn't |
| suprisingly not of emerald, clothed in gold is | | | | until 1434 that sources indicate the resurfacing of the |
| approximately 45 cm tall. The Buddha is kept in the | | | | statue in Northern Thailand. There is one story about |
| Chapel of the Emerald Buddha, which is located on | | | | the discovery: "lightning struck a pagoda in a temple |
| the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.Legend | | | | in Chiang Rai, after which something became visible |
| tells that that the Emerald Buddha was created in | | | | under the stucco. The Emerald Buddha was dug out |
| Pataliputra, India, which is now the city of Patna in 43 | | | | and the people thought the figurine was made from |
| BCE by Nagasena. Other great historians beleive that | | | | emerald, hence its current name."Although, the |
| it belongs to the Chiang Saen Style of the 15th | | | | Buddha is just a simple jade statue, it is dressed with |
| century. The legend says that, it remained in | | | | garments that are made of fine gold. The Buddha's |
| Pataliputra for 300 hundred years, until it was taken | | | | clothing are changed by the King of Thailand, to |
| to Sri Lanka to save it from a civil war. It was then | | | | celebrate the chaning of seasons. This occurs three |
| in 457, that King Anuruth of Burma sent out orders | | | | times a year: 1st Waning of Lunar Month 4, 8 and |
| to Ceylon to ask for the Emerald Budha and Buddhist | | | | 12Feel free to reprint this article as long as you keep |
| scriptures. These actions took place by the king, to | | | | the article, this caption and author biography in tact |
| try and support Buddhism in his country. This request | | | | with all hyperlinks.Ryan Fyfe is the owner and |
| was granted, however the ship that was brining the | | | | operator of Emerald - which is the best site on the |
| Buddha to Burma, became lost in a storm and ended | | | | internet for all emerald related information. |
| up in Cambodia. The Buddha made it's way through | | | | |