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Wat Mahathat or the Monastery of the Great Relic.

 

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The stone Buddha head entwined in tree roots at Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya

Many people wonder how the Buddha’s head became entwined in the roots of the tree. There are many theories, one theory suggests that trees grew around the head of the Buddha after the temple was abandoned. In another theory, a thief moved the head of the Buddha from the ruins of the main temple, but couldn’t move the head of the Buddha over the wall encircling the temple. So the thief left the head of the Buddha next to the wall. Over time the roots grew and wrapped themselves around the head of the Buddha. Either way it has become a powerful and iconic symbol of Thailand.

 

Ayutthaya Wat Maha That or the Monastery of the Great Relic Thailand
Wat Mahathat or the Monastery of the Great Relic

 

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A  Wat is a Buddhist temple in Thailand, Cambodia or Laos. The term is borrowed from Pali vatta. The Wat Mahathat Ayutthaya is located in the center of old Ayutthaya, between Chi Kun Road and Naresuan Road in the northeast corner of Phra Ram Park. The history of Wat Mahathat starts in 1374 when King Borommaracha I erected a temple at this place, bearing another name.

 

 

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Wat Mahathat Ayutthaya

“In the Year of the Tiger 736 C.S. Somdet Phra Borommarachathirat and Phra Mahathera Thammakanlayan built the great, glorious, holy, jewelled reliquary (Phra Si Rattana Mahathat) east of the palace (the Royal gable of the lion). He rose 19 wah in height and equipped with a nine-membered tip that is another 3 wah in height.”

His nephew and successor Ramesuan (1369-1370, 1388-1395) expanded the site in 1384 to build a great temple, while he was here as a monk between his throne offices. During this time the temple got its present name.

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Ayutthaya Thailand
Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak. Some questions can’t be answered by Google.

“The goal of Buddhism is Nirvana, freedom of the mind. That is the end of all sufferings, conflicts and sorrows. The solution for supreme happiness. But, also, the Buddha emphasized the importance of the present life and living it righteously as a path to ultimate contentment”

 

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Ayutthaya Thailand

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Location : Wat Mahathat Ayutthaya, Thailand

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Why are there so many floating markets? I’m so confused and which one is worth a visit?

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Do you ever wonder why there are so many floating markets in Thailand? And if you have just a short time in Bangkok how do you know which one is worth visiting?

Many of you have a dream before you come to Thailand. You’ve seen pictures of floating markets and they look so beautiful and authentic in the photos. You tell yourself ‘I gotta go see this shit when I get there’ but then when you get to the floating market it turns out to be nothing like the picture! And you get disappointed and beat yourself up ‘What’ve I done?! The hell am I doing here? But my travel agent booked me this trip’ …Of course they did…Here’s the thing all of the travel agents will send you to the same floating market and that’s why they are full of tourists! Well…you can’t blame them for this though, you didn’t tell them which floating market you wanted to go to. No no no I didn’t say it’s your fault either, because you didn’t know there are so many freaking floating markets!

We’ve done some research work for you and compiled a helpful guide too. Here are some links to Floating Markets around Bangkok and some details of each place. They give you full information and pictures, and it might help you decide. As I’m a local…number 5. Damnoen Saduak Floating Market is the most famous one and everyone knows about it, so you do the math.

1. Khlong Lat Mayom Floating Market : Read more

2. Taling Chan Floating Market : Read more

3. Amphawa Floating Market : Read more

4. Bang Nam Pheung Floating Market : Read more

5. Damnoen Saduak Floating Market : Read more

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Thailand’s Extraordinary Elephants

 

The elephant has been a cultural icon of Thailand since ancient days called “Land of white elephants” The white elephant, Airavata(Erawan), carries the Hindu god, Indra. These white elephants have traditionally been treated as sacred animals. There is even a common belief that Gautama Buddha appeared in the form of a white elephant in a previous life before he was born as a human. Because of this, white elephants are a major symbol of divine royal power in Thailand. The number of white elephants a king possesses symbolizes how much power that king has.

 

 

Thailand is the only Southeast Asian nation that has never been colonized by Europeans, making our culturally strong. Our government remains purely Thai. The white elephants help to symbolize this. Thailand is known as land of white elephant” because Thailand has never been colonized by the Europeans, because through diplomacy the former King of Thailand managed to keep Thailand from being colonized by the superpowers then. France, Britain, Portugal, Netherlands were all in the land claiming days and all countries were taken except Thailand which remained free and independent. Thai means free, as in independent. It was once an uncolonized nation, unlike other SE Asian countries. Because in Thai the name means “land of the free”

 

 

Colonialism is dead…instead of riding elephants learn to care for them instead. By feeding and bathing these incredible creatures you are honoring their true nobility…and yours.

 

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