Travel Thailand Haiku - Mahathat Temple, Ayutthaya Poem by john tiong chunghoo

Wat Mahathat
the bodhi lifts
the buddha up

Here at Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya, the old capital of Thailand, you can see a buddha head lifted up by the roots of an old bodhi tree. We were told it might have fallen on the ground below the tree when it was stolen and that the roots had miraculously wrung round the head so that it now sits snugly between them. Some believe this to be a miracle that shows the divine power of the Buddha.