Emerald Buddha Statue Replica Summer Attire 11" Tall

Cast Resin Replica of the Emerald Buddha Statue dressed in a Summer attire 11" Tall. Following several lifetimes of itinerant globetrotting, the palladium of the Kingdom of Thailand, the Emerald Buddha, is finally returned to its intended location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand, on this day in 1784. According to legend, the original Emerald Buddha was created in present-day Patna, India, in 43 BC by Nagazena, a Brahmin-turned-Buddhist sage. The 45-centimetre-tall figurine of a single piece of green jadeite (not emerald) depicts a sitting Buddha clothed in fine gold. The Emerald Buddha was revered in India for 300 years before being sent to Sri Lanka to protect that country from civil war. The legend continues that in 457, King Anuruth of Burma sent a mission to Ceylon to request Buddhist scriptures and the Emerald Buddha to promote Buddhism in Burma. Though the request was granted, the ship lost its way on its return to India and landed instead in Cambodia. The Emerald Buddha enjoyed an op