According to legend, this Buddha image originated in India where the sage Nagasena prophesized that the Emerald Buddha would bring "prosperity and pre-eminence to each country in which it resides", the Emerald Buddha deified in the Wat Phra Kaew is therefore deeply revered and venerated in Thailand as the protector of the country.The formal name of Wat Phra Kaew in Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram, which means "the residence of the Holy Jewel Buddha." It is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand.