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  sahn lak meuang

 

Thailand

The sahn lak meuang or ‘shrine with the city pillar’ of Bangkok. A lak meuang is the city pillar in which the guardian spirit of a city dwells, and here, in the capital, the shrine also contains a second pillar housing the guardian spirit of the nation.

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