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Spirit houses in Bangkok, Thailand; the two are a san phra phum (ศาลพระภูมิ, shrine of Phra Phum) on the left and a san chao thi (ศาลเจ้าที่; shrine for tutelary deity) on the right. Spirit houses at a house in Huế, Vietnam
Certain ghosts have their own shrines and among these there are some, such as the Mae Nak Phra Khanong shrine in Bangkok, that are quite important. Usually though, humbler tutelary spirits live in little dwellings known as san phra phum (Thai: ศาลพระภูมิ), small ghost shrines that provide a home for these household or tree ...
Hundreds of Cambodian villagers on Tuesday took part in a rare traditional guardian spirit ceremony praying for good fortune, rain and prosperity, as they aimed to preserve this ancient tradition.
Phra That Phu Pek (Thai:พระธาตุภูเพ็ก) is an ancient temple in Sakon Nakhon Province, in the Isan region of Thailand. This ancient Khmer ruin was built from sandstone, standing on a laterite base. This is a Buddhist temple ruin of Khmer origin in the form of a chedi, it was built in the 16th-17th Buddhist century. The ...
Khum (commune) Phumi (villages) ; Phnom Proek: Tuol Khpos, Beng S'at, Phnum Proek, Sralau, Kokir Pech Chenda: Ou, Phnum Touch, Pech Chenda, Otasokh, Otapun, Snoul ...
Originally, Sukhothai was a Khmer empire's outpost named Sukhodaya. [2] [3] [4] During the reign of Khmer Empire, the Khmers built some monuments there, several of them survived in Sukhothai Historical Park such as the Ta Pha Daeng shrine, Wat Phra Phai Luang, and Wat Sisawai. [5]
Ta Prohm does not have many narrative bas-reliefs (as compared to Angkor Wat or Angkor Thom.) [citation needed] At any rate, some depictions of scenes from Buddhist mythology do remain. One badly eroded bas-relief illustrates the "Great Departure" of Siddhartha , the future Buddha , from his father's palace. [ 12 ]
It is largely in Ta Phraya District, Sa Kaeo Province, district after which it is named, although the park also includes sectors of Ban Kruat, Non Din Daeng, and Lahan Sai Districts of Buriram Province. The park, with an area of 371,250 rai ~ 594 square kilometres (229 sq mi) [1] is east of Pang Sida National Park. It was established in 1996. [2]