The Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple (Chinese: 释迦牟尼菩提迦耶寺) was founded in 1927 by Venerable Vutthisara. The temple is popularly known as "The Temple of 1,000 Lights". It features a 15 metres high statue of a seated Buddha, which weighing nearly 300 tons, as well as many smaller Buddha images and murals depicting the life of Sakya Muni Buddha.