Erawan Shrine
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title:
Erawan Shrine
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The Erawan Shrine, formally the Thao Maha Phrom Shrine, is a shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, which houses a statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. The name also refers to Mahabrahma, the ruler of the Brahma realm in Buddhist cosmology. The deity is popularly worshipped outside of a Hindu religious context, but more as a representation of guardian spirits in Thai animist beliefs, nevertheless the shrine shows an example of syncretism between Hinduism and
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Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erawan_Shrine
date created:
2005-08-12T12:27:26Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T05:27:00Z
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