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===Viharn Phranorn=== [[File:พระวิหารพระพุทธไสยาส.jpg|left|thumb|Viharn Phranorn]] The ''[[vihara|viharn]]'' or ''wihan'' contains the reclining Buddha and was constructed in the reign of Rama III emulating the Ayutthaya style. The interior is decorated with panels of mural.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.watpho.com/historical.php |title=Phra Vihara of the Reclining Buddha |work=Wat Pho official site}}</ref> Adjacent to this building is a small raised garden (Missakawan Park) with a Chinese-style pavilion; the centre piece of the garden is a [[bodhi tree]] which was propagated from the [[Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi]] tree in Sri Lanka that is believed to have originally came from a tree in India where Buddha sat while awaiting [[Enlightenment in Buddhism|enlightenment]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.encyclopediathai.org/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap17.htm |title=Missakawan Park, Wat Phra Chetuphon |encyclopedia=Encyclopediathai.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705062803/http://www.encyclopediathai.org/sunthai/center/bkk/wpomap17.htm |archive-date=July 5, 2015 }}</ref>
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