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Erawan Shrine
Shrine is the best-known and most revered by
tourist from Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore.
The Erawan Shrine is very famous for bringing good
fortune especially in the area of business. Most of
the visitors to visit the shrine deliver offerings of
incense, candles, jasmine garlands and gold leaf.
Erawan Shrine is Brahman and not strictly Buddhist.
But this famous shrine attracts more
visitors than many of the city's temples.
Erawan Shrine was erected at mid 1950s
when the Thai government decided to build the
luxury Erawan Hotel on this location.
Proceed of the construction were beset
with so many problems that labourers refused to
continue the construction works unless the
land spirits were appeased.
After consultations with astrologers,
the erection of a shrine to honour the
four-faced Brahma God, Than Tao Mahaprom,
was considered to be an auspicious solution.
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