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The coat of arms
of
Bangkok (fig.)
shows
Indra
(fig.) on the
elephant
Erawan (Airavata)
holding a
trihsoon
(trident) and a
kho chang (elephant hook).
It refers to the full Thai name for Bangkok, usually shortened as Krung Thep Maha Nakon, which
describes the the city as the
‘Impregnable
Stronghold
of the
god
Indra’, whilst the
elephant Erawan is the official
mount of Indra
(fig.). Note that the elephant in the logo of Bangkok has four tusks,
akin to the elephant's head of
Wihaan
Thep
Withayakhom
at
Wat Banrai
(fig.).
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