Wat Samaan Rattanaraam
in
Chachengsao has a collection of giantic statues and
objects from Thai, Indian and Chinese belief and myth, such as these two huge
naga,
protectors of the earthly waters (fig.).
A giant
krathong-like
(fig.)
lotus
flower serves as a shrine for Buddhist relics and floats
on the adjacent Bang Pakong River (fig.),
near where it temporarily splits and forms an island. It
is visible from the air (fig.).
Wat Samaan
Rattanaraam
Wat Samaan
Rattanaraam
Besides the
nation's
largest statue of
Rahu (fig.)
and the world's largest
statue of Ganesha in a reclining pose (fig.),
it also features this big statue of
Indra
seated
on
Erawan.