{"id":782,"date":"2026-10-21T14:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/?p=782"},"modified":"2026-10-21T18:59:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:59:47","slug":"big-buddha-phuket-nakkerd-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/%e0%b8%a0%e0%b8%b9%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%81%e0%b9%87%e0%b8%95\/big-buddha-phuket-nakkerd-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Buddha Phuket (Nakkerd Hill)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/karon-beach-attractions.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/karon-beach-attractions.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/karon-beach-attractions-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>History &amp; Background:<\/strong> The construction of the Big Buddha (officially named <em>Phra Phutta Ming Mongkol Akenakiri<\/em>) was initiated in 2002 by local residents and devotees on top of Nakkerd Hill as a tribute to King Rama IX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Significance:<\/strong> Standing 45 meters tall, the statue is made of reinforced concrete layered with shimmering white Burmese jade marble. Visible from many parts of southern Phuket, it offers breathtaking 360-degree panoramic views of Phuket Town, Chalong Bay, and Karon Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History &amp; Background: The construction of the Big Buddha (officially named Phra Phutta Ming Mongkol Akenakiri) was initiated in 2002 &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosemarystay.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}