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| Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> Asia >> เมืองไทย Thailand >> Bangkok กรุงเทพมหานคร >> Grand Palace, Bangkok | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Decorations outside the Grand Palace for the King's 80th Birthday |
 Decorations outside the Grand Palace, December 2007 |
 Do Not Trust Wily Strangers |
 Don't Trust Strangers who offer boat trip, tuk tuk, Lucky Buddha |
 Grand Palace information sign with opening hours |
 Tickets to the Grand Palace |
 Wat Phra Kaeo, the Royal Chapel at the Grand Palace |
 Wat Phra Kaeo, the Royal Chapel at the Grand Palace |
 Wat Phra Kaeo, Bangkok |
 The 3 towers are the Phra Si Ratana Chedi, Mondop, and Prasat Phra Thepbidon |
 Wat Phra Kaeo, Grand Palace, Bangkok |
 Wat Phra Kaeo, Bangkok |
 Wat Phra Kaeo, Bangkok |
 Wat Phra Kaeo, Bangkok |
 Wat Phra Kaeo, Bangkok |
 Ubosot (chapel) |
 The Hermit Doctor |
 Wat Phra Kaeo upper terrace |
 Gable detail |
 Gable - Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Wat Phra Keo, Bangkok |
 Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Temple Guardian (Yaksa) |
 Temple Guardian (Yaksa) |
 Temple Guardian (Yaksa) |
 Temple Guardian (Yaksa) |
 Golden Chedi |
 Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Monks touring Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Very ornate doors |
 Elephant statues on the Upper Terrace |
 Mondop Library, containing sacred Buddhist scriptures |
 Deity guarding the Mondop library |
 Deity guarding the Mondop library |
 Deity guarding the Mondop library |
 Deity guarding the Mondop library |
 Deity guarding the Mondop library |
 Mondop Library |
 Naga, Modop Library |
 Seated Buddha, upper terrace |
 Kinnara, Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Kinnara, Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Kinnara, Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Kinnara, Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Giant Yaksa guardians |
 Giant Yaksa guardians |
 Phra Viharn Yod |
 Phra Viharn Yod |
 Phra Viharn Yod, Wat Phra Keo |
 Detail of ceramic tile artwork, Wat Phra Keo |
 Model of Angkor Wat, at Siem Reap, Cambodia |
 Model of Angkor Wat, at Siem Reap, Cambodia |
 Angkor Wat model |
 Model of Angkor Wat |
 Model of Angkor Wat |
 Wat Phra Keo, Grand Palace |
 Upper terrace with elephant statues, Mondop |
 Elephants next to the Phra Si Ratana Chedi |
 Upper terrace |
 Ubosot, containing the Emerald Buddha |
 Monks posing with the Temple of the Emerald Buddha |
 The Emerald Buddha |
 The Emerald Buddha |
 The Emerald Buddha |
 The Emerald Buddha (January) |
 Door - Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Wat Phra Kaeo - Temple of the Emerald Buddha |
 Cranes and a crab, Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Temple of the Emerald Buddha |
 Figures around the Ubosot |
 Figures around the Ubosot |
 Kinnara with the Golden Chedi |
 Kinnara with the Golden Chedi |
 Golden Chedi |
 Golden Chedi |
 Golden Chedi |
 Golden Chedi |
 Figure on the Golden Chedi |
 Figures on the Golden Chedi |
 Golden Chedi figure - Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Kinnara, Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Figure on the Golden Chedi |
 Kinnara, Wat Phra Keo |
 Kinnara, Wat Phra Keo |
 Kinnara, Wat Phra Keo |
 Kinnara, Wat Phra Keo |
 Kinnara, Wat Phra Keo, Grand Palace, Bangkok |
 Offerings in front of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha |
 The offerings pavilions in front of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha |
 Bronze urn, Wat Phra Keo |
 Detail of the bronze dragon, Wat Phra Keo |
 Thai making an offering |
 Offerings, Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Temple Guardian (Yaksa) |
 Temple Guardian (Yaksa) |
 Wat Phra Keo |
 Garuda on the Ubosot gable |
 Garuda on the Ubosot gable |
 Wat Phra Kaeo detail |
 Gallery |
 Wat Phra Kaeo - avatar of Phra Narai |
 Wat Phra Kaeo - avatar of Phra Narai |
 Hanuman, king of the monkeys |
 BangkokDec07 034.jpg |
 10-armed deity, Wat Phra Keo |
 Mural - Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Mural - Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Mural - Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Gallery |
 BangkokDec07 111.jpg |
 The gallery surrounding Wat Phra Kaeo contains paintings depicting the epic of the Ramakien |
 Ramayana summary by Stephen Knapp |
 Ramakien 10453 |
 Topless women mourning the deparure of their men |
 Mustering outside the palace walls, Ramakien mural, Wat Phra Keo |
 Ramakien 10455 |
 Ramakien 10456 |
 Army on the move with the Wechaiyan chariot, Ramakien mural, Wat Phra Keo |
 Temple, Ramakien mural, Wat Phra Keo |
 Ramakien 10463 |
 Phra Ram shot Tosakan with the Phromat arrow, severing his head, which then miraculously rejoined the body ( ) |
 Ramakien 10467 |
 Ramakien 10468 |
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 Hanuman enlarges himself to allow the Wechaiyan chariot to cross a river |
 The Army of Phra Ram departing Mount Khanthamat ( ) |
 Hanuman uses his tail as a bridge for his army to cross to find hermit Chadil to show them the way to Lanka (31) |
 Ramakien 10483 |
 Tosakan instructs Naang Suphanmacha to destroy the road (47) |
 Ongkhot breaks down the Lanka city gate (50) |
 Sukhreep breaks the Pichai Molee parasol (51) |
 Mer-people, Ramakien mural, Wat Phra Keo |
 Hanuman places Phra Ram's pavilion in his mouth (53) |
 Kumphakan prevents the free flow of the river to reach Phra Ram's army (62) |
 Kumphakan prevents the free flow of the river to reach Phra Ram's army (62) |
 Kumphakan, who is no match for Hanuman, flees to Lanka to report to Tosakan, restoring the flow of the river to Phra Ram's army |
 Champhoowaraj turns into a huge bear and bites the Rothan tree to disrupt Intarachit's nagabat arrow ceremony |
 Thao Sahasadecha shoots the Sith arrow at Hanuman |
 Detail of Hanuman, Ramakien mural, Wat Phra Keo |
 Murals cover the walls of the galleries surrounding Wat Phra Keo, depicting the Indian epic Ramakien (Ramayana) |
 Battle scene, Ramakien mural, Wat Phra Keo |
 Monkey warrior beheads a man, Ramakien mural, Wat Phra Keo |
 Fighting on top of a war elephant, Ramakien mural, Wat Phra Keo |
 BangkokDec07 110.jpg |
 Ramakien - Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Ramakien - Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Buddhist monks photographing the Ramakien murals - Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Ramakien - Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Restoration of the Ramakien Murals - Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Man vomiting, Ramakien mural, Wat Phra Keo |
 Mural restorer at work, Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Upper terrace, Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Bronze Kinnara, Wat Phra Kaeo |
 BangkokDec07 113.jpg |
 Wat Phra Keo |
 Prasat Phra Thepbidon, the Royal Pantheon |
 Prasat Phra Thepbidon, the Royal Pantheon |
 Prasat Phra Thepbidon, the Royal Pantheon |
 Prasat Phra Thepbidon, the Royal Pantheon |
 Prasat Phra Thepbidon, the Royal Pantheon |
 BangkokDec07 076.jpg |
 Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Temple of the Emerald Buddha |
 Lion guarding the Temple of the Emerald Buddha |
 Lion guarding the Temple of the Emerald Buddha |
 Guardian, Wat Phra Keo |
 Guardian, Wat Phra Keo |
 Thai college students on assignment to talk to tourists |
 Wat Phra Keo, Grand Palace, Bangkok |
 Gate between the Royal Chapel, Wat Phra Kaeo, and the Palace grounds |
 Gate between the Royal Chapel, Wat Phra Kaeo, and the Palace grounds |
 Smoke break, Grand Palace |
 Dad at the Grand Palace, Bangkok |
 Lilly, Bangkok |
 The Boromabiman, a modern palace built by a German architect |
 Thai soldier guarding the Grand Palace |
 Thai soldier guarding the Grand Palace |
 Palace Guard, Bangkok |
 Palace Guard, Bangkok |
 Laundry day on the left? |
 Phra Mahamontien, the Grand Residence |
 Phra Mahamontien, the Grand Residence |
 Amarin Winitchai Throne Hall, Grand Palace |
 Amarin Winitchai Throne Hall, Grand Palace |
 Grand Palace, Bangkok |
 Grand Palace |
 Statue, Grand Palace |
 Bangkok - Grand Palace |
 Royal Birthday, Grand Palace |
 Dragon from the Grand Palace |
 Dragon from the Grand Palace |
 Grand Palace |
 Grand Palace |
 Phra Mahamontien, the Grand Residence, with the Ubosot of Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Palace Guard, Bangkok |
 Palace Guard, Bangkok |
 Palace Guard, Bangkok |
 Palace Guard, Bangkok |
 Palace Guard, Bangkok |
 Palace Guard, Bangkok |
 Palace Guard, Bangkok |
 Palace Guard, Bangkok |
 Royal Guard, Grand Palace |
 Royal Guard, Grand Palace |
 Changing of the guard, Grand Palace, Bangkok |
 Woman in red silk dress |
 Elephant statue, Grand Palace |
 Elephant and Chakri Mahaprasat |
 Thai solders painted on doors |
 Carving of a palace guard on a door |
 Roy at the Grand Palace |
 Grand Palace |
 Chakri Mahaprasat |
 Chakri Mahaprasat, containing the Throne Room of the Grand Palace |
 Chakri Mahaprasat, containing the Throne Room of the Grand Palace |
 Mythical beast cum lamp |
 Thai soldier, Grand Palace |
 Dusit Maha Prasat |
 Dusit Maha Prasat |
 Grand Palace |
 Grand Palace |
 Grand Palace |
 Dusit Maha Prasat |
 Old Thai pole arms, Grand Palace |
 Wat Phra Kaeo Museum |
 Garuda |
 Garuda |
 One of the 3 seasonal costumes of the Emerald Buddha |
 Gate to the Palace grounds |
 The walls of the Grand Palace |
 The King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, was crowned in 1946 as Rama IX |
 He is the world's longest reigning monarch |
 Thai 10 and 20 Baht notes |
 Square 60 baht note issued in commemeration of the King's 60th birthday, 1987 |
 Khon Thai Masked Dance |
 Khon Thai Masked Dance every Fridan and Saturday at 7:30 pm at Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theater - 1000/1200 Baht |
 Dennis at the Grand Palace |
 Dennis at Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Dennis at Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Dennis at Wat Phra Kaeo |
 Dennis with a Royal Guard at the Grand Palace, Bangkok |
 Dennis and a guard at the Grand Palace |
 Dennis in the garden of the Grand Palace |
 Tiny elephant in the garden of the Grand Palace |
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