Golden Buddha (statue) Golden Buddha (statue) The Golden Buddha, officially titled Phra Phuttha Maha Suwana Patimakon (), is a gold statue, with a weight of 5.5 tons (5,500 kilograms). It is located in the temple of Wat Traimit, Bangkok, Thailand. At one point in its history the statue was covered with a layer of stucco and coloured glass to conceal its true value, and it remained in this condition for almost 200 years, ending up at what was then a pagoda of minor significance. During relocation of the statue in 1955, the plaster was chipped off and the gold revealed. The origins of
Solid Gold (band) Solid Gold (band) Solid Gold is a Minneapolis-based indie rock band with an electronic and R&B sound. It consists of Zach Coulter, Adam Hurlburt and Matthew Locher. Solid Gold was voted "Best Rock Band of 2011" by the City Pages Readers' Poll. In 2002, Solid Gold released their first EP, "Solid Gold", followed by a second EP, "Out of Your Mind", in 2004. In 2005, the band moved from Madison, Wisconsin to Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2008, the group released their first studio album, "Bodies of Water". The MTV review of "Bodies of Water" stated: "[the album] drew comparisons to everything