Erawan Shrine, Bangkok

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Erawan Shrine

The Erawan Shrine is a Hindu shrine and located on the corner from Rama and Rama Ratchadamri road, outside Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel. It is a popular tourist attraction


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Name: Erawan Shrine
Attraction Type: Shrine
Close to: ZEN, Central World Plaza, Gaysorn Plaza
City: Bangkok
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First Photo: The Erawan Shrine
Second photo: The Erawan Shrine
Third photo: Rama and Ratchadamri road
Forth photo: Rama and Ratchadamri road
Fifth photo: Rama and Ratchadamri road

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The Erawan Shrine sits at a busy intersection near the Grand Hyat Erawan Hotel. You can get here by taking the sky train to Chit Lom Station. As you approach the shrine you will see lots of stalls selling garlands. in the centre of the shrine is a four faced statue of Brahma. People come here to ask for his help. If the help is given, they return and give thanks by paying the temple dancers to dance in his honour.

The shrine was originally built when the Erawan Hotel was being built. The construction of the hotel was facing lots of problems; an astrologer stated this was due to construction starting on a non-auspicious day, so the shrine was built to cancel out the bad luck.

In 2006 a mentally ill man attacked the Brahma statue with a hammer; he was killed by outraged bystanders.

It is interesting to sit at the shrine and watch peoplelay offerings and pray. It is also interesting to watch the temple dancers perform. You can see similar dances at the city pillar shrine.

Nestled in the shopping district of Bangkok, right by Gaysorn Plaza is the ever famous Phra Prohm shrine. Bustling with local and a multinational devotee-ship, this is a good place to experience Thai traditional dancing (to give thanks to the Brahma god) and experience a facet of Thai religion in action.

Incense, flowers and candles are available from a pavilion in the grounds of the shrine.

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The Erawan Shrine is a Hindu Shrine in Bangkok and it is also knows as Four Faced Brahma. It is located by the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, at the Ratchaprasong intersection of Ratchadamri Road in Pathum Wan district, Bangkok, Thailand. It is near the Bangkok Skytrain's Chitlom Station, which has an elevated walkway overlooking the shrine. The area has many shopping malls nearby, including Gaysorn, CentralWorld and Amarin Plaza. It is also very popular and so crowded with the dancers and worshippers. The opening time is from 8am till 7pm.

A place not to be miss if one wants to take pictures of classical dancers. This spirit house next to the Hyatt hotel is crowded all day round with worshippers. On the neighbouring sidewalk one can find the typical prayer kit for 100 bath (07/2006). Candle, flower garland, incense stick and a small gold leaf. The rail surrounding the image of Brahma disapears under the flowers, the air is unbreathable by smoke. Those who's wishes have been granted come back here to pay a dance for the statue. Members of a classical dance school are on the spot. Price depend of the number of dancers. Good opportunity to observe and take pictures at day light.

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This small shrine is located by the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, at the Ratchaprasong intersection of Ratchadamri Road in Pathum Wan district, Bangkok. It is near the Bangkok Skytrain's Chitlom Station, which has an elevated walkway overlooking the shrine. It was built in 1956 as part of the government-owned Erawan Hotel to eliminate the bad karma believed to be caused by laying the foundations on the wrong date. The hotel's construction was delayed by a series of mishaps, including cost overruns, injuries to labourers, and the loss of a shipload of Italian marble intended for the building. An astrologer advised building the shrine to counter the negative influences. Ever since then, it has become a popular place for locals to worship and for foreign tourists to watch the locals.

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Erawan Shrine is located in front of the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, this highly revered shrine was erected in 1956. Dedicated to the Hindu God, this shrine teems all day long with devotees asking for luck & other favors.

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ERAWAN SHRINE Phra Phrom, this shrine teems all day long with devotees from here and abroad, some asking for luck and other favours. A magnificent image of the Brahma God was especially cast and gilded, and The Erawan Hotel opened to acclaims and worldwide fame for three dacades. Towards the end, the property could not compete with more modern facilities, and was replaced by the privately owned Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok in 1991.