In Wat That Luang Tai, the reclining, golden Buddha is depicted in the parinibbana asana position. This means that Buddha is at the transition into Nirvana. The reclining Buddha is located just a few steps from the Lao national symbol and most important religious monument, the great stupa Pha That Luang, in Vientiane. Legend has it that Buddha himself visited this site in his time and predicted the construction of a reliquary. According to tradition, the Indian king Ashoka had a stele erected at this site as early as 300 years before Christ, under which Buddha's hair or bones are said to lie. Other legends tell of a sanctuary of the Mon or of the residence of two serpent beings of the Naga, who are said to have been located here. In any case, it is certain that King Setthathirath had the That built when he moved his capital from the royal city of Luang Prabang to Vientiane. In 1566, the Pha That Luang stupa was consecrated by the king.
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