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  thepchumnum of Ramakien characters

 

Thailand

The giant Mangkonkan (fig.) supporting a pagoda at Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok, as part of an architectural style, which is known as thepchumnum, i.e. a row of devas, garudas, or yakshas, etc. In total 4 monkeys and 16 giants from the Ramakien support the base of two golden redented chedis at the compound.

 

They were built by King Rama I to house the ashes of his parents, i.e. those of his mother in the gilded chedi on the North, and those of his father in the gilded chedi on the South.

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  thepchumnum of Ramakien characters