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English: * The Bangkok Tutelar Shrine, located to the north of the Bangkok City Pillar Shrine on Lak Mueang Road in Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok.
  • The shrine houses the statues of the five tutelar gods of Bangkok.
  • The statues were originally housed by three shrines built during the reign of Rama I. In the reign of Rama V, the three shrines were torn down and the statues were removed to this shrine.
  • In this photo are, from left to right:
    • พระเสื้อเมือง (Phra Suea Mueang; literally "His Divinity the Ancestor of the City"), supervising military affairs.
    • เจ้าเจตคุปต์ (Chao Chettakhup; literally "Lord Chettakhup"), a Thai version of the Hindu god Citragupta, the register of the hell.
Camera location13° 45′ 09.37″ N, 100° 29′ 41.84″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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