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ARCHITECTURE & ICONOGRAPHY

 

 

 

  wachira street lantern

 

Thailand

King Rama VI's name, i.e. Wachirawut, means ‘Armed with a wachira’, i.e. an royal a sceptre-like weapon and symbol of power, and the lanterns surrounding this king's monument (fig.) in front of Lumphini Park (fig.) are thus topped with one (fig.).

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