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Erawan Shrine, {CATEGORY}

Built incongruously in one of Bangkok's hubs of consumerism, this very popular shrine is devoted to Brahma and Erawan, his elephant. Erected by the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel , the shrine was beset by a series of accidents during its construction in the 1950s. Squeeze past the vendors selling garlands and wooden elephants for a glimpse of the glittering open-air pavilion where worshipers gather before the shrine, often barely visible beneath the offerings made. Traditional Thai dancing can often be seen here. Admission is free.

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Address: 494 Ratchadamri Road, Bangkok 10330

City: Bangkok

Country: Thailand

Phone 1: +66 2 225 7612

Opening hours: Daily dawn-8pm

Entrance fee: No entrance fee (from 20B/50¢/30p for incense and flowers)

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Erawan Shrine, {CATEGORY}

The Erawan Shrine is not old, but it is an interesting testament to faith (or superstition, perhaps) in Thai society. Built in 1956 next to what is now the Grand Hyatt Erawan, it stands defiantly at the center of a busy corner plot, right next to fume-belching buses and overshadowed by the BTS. In a sumptuous pavilion at the center of this yard, a gilded statue of the four-faced Hindu god of creation, Brahma, named Phra Phrom in Thai, is enshrined. Its construction is believed to have put a stop to all the accidental deaths of workers involved in the hotel site, and due to such mystic powers, it is today one of the most revered spots in the kingdom. The area is crowded with worshippers wafting bunches of incense. It is common to see people giving a wai as they pass by. The shrine made news very recently when a mentally deranged Thai man decided to take an ax to the statue. As painful testament to the depth of Thais devotion to their gods (and a pitiful lesson in human rights), the onlookers turned on him and beat him to death in broad daylight.

Erawan Shrine, {CATEGORY}

The Erawan Shrine is not old, but it is an interesting testament to faith (or superstition, perhaps) in Thai society. Built in 1956 next to what is now the Grand Hyatt Erawan, it stands defiantly at the center of a busy corner plot, right next to fume-belching buses and overshadowed by the BTS. In a sumptuous pavilion at the center of this yard, a gilded statue of the four-faced Hindu god of creation, Brahma, named Phra Phrom in Thai, is enshrined. Its construction is believed to have put a stop to all the accidental deaths of workers involved in the hotel site, and due to such mystic powers, it is today one of the most revered spots in the kingdom. The area is crowded with worshippers wafting bunches of incense. It is common to see people giving a wai as they pass by. The shrine made news very recently when a mentally deranged Thai man decided to take an ax to the statue. As painful testament to the depth of Thais devotion to their gods (and a pitiful lesson in human rights), the onlookers turned on him and beat him to death in broad daylight.

Erawan Shrine, {CATEGORY}

Built incongruously in one of Bangkok's hubs of consumerism, this very popular shrine is devoted to Brahma and Erawan, his elephant. Erected by the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel , the shrine was beset by a series of accidents during its construction in the 1950s. Squeeze past the vendors selling garlands and wooden elephants for a glimpse of the glittering open-air pavilion where worshipers gather before the shrine, often barely visible beneath the offerings made. Traditional Thai dancing can often be seen here. Admission is free.

Erawan Shrine, {CATEGORY}

Built incongruously in one of Bangkok's hubs of consumerism, this very popular shrine is devoted to Brahma and Erawan, his elephant. Erected by the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel , the shrine was beset by a series of accidents during its construction in the 1950s. Squeeze past the vendors selling garlands and wooden elephants for a glimpse of the glittering open-air pavilion where worshipers gather before the shrine, often barely visible beneath the offerings made. Traditional Thai dancing can often be seen here. Admission is free.