Phra Phirun
is the Thai god of
rain, who is associated with the
Vedicgod
Varuna.
He is depicted on the logo of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives,
surrounded by
kanokmotifs (fig.).
He is
typically depicted holding a sword upright in one hand,
while walking on the back of a
nagathat sprouts water from its
mouth. In a later
incarnation,
he was born as the monkey-warrior
Wayabud
(fig.).