Construction of Erawan Hotel (now Grand Hyatt Erawan) was halted by a series of disasters: marble destined for the lobby disappeared at sea; workers died under mysterious circumstances, and cost overruns threatened to crush the project. Spirit doctors, desperately summoned for advice, commanded the hotel owners to erect a shrine for the Hindu deity of Maha Brahma. The mishaps ended and word of the miracle spread.
Today, the Erawan shrine hosts a continual circus of devotees bearing incense, flowers and images of the elephant god Erawan, the three-headed mount of Brahma. Supplicants whose prayers have been fulfilled often sponsor performance of Thai dance.
Erawan Shrine is also famous among Chinese, who mistakenly refer to Brahma as ‘Four-faced Buddha’.
Erawan Shrine...
The statue of Maha Brahma...
Devotee praying to the deity...
Dancers performing traditional dance at the request of devotees. I think the devotee in this picture is a tourist from Taiwan...
Offerings, in the form of elephant...
Reference: Carl
That taiwanese shd make a big wish last time, now she get 8 dancers to play "thank god dance" for the 4-face buddha.
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Now I know a little bit more about this tourist attraction. Thank you, KS. Nice pictures too.
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Wei? show us the sleazy side of thailand lah. The go-go bars...the massage parlors ..hahaha~
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ReplyDeleteCannot take picture inside the bar lah. Next time must bring a camera phone, take picture secretly...