Giant Swing / Wat Suthat     review

Address
146 Thanon Bamrung Muang
Phone
(022) 249-845
Open
08:30-21:00
Price
B20
Chinese address

Wat Suthat Thep Wararam Woravihara is one of Thailand's six most important temples. It's located on Rattanakosin Island, which used to be the center of Bangkok. In front of it you'll see the Giant Swing. The Swing ceremony is a re-enactment of an ancient hindu epic that says that after god Brahma created earth he sent Shiva to look after it. When Shiva descended, Naga serpents wrapped around the mountains in order to keep the world in place. When Shiva believed it was independed, she let it go, the Nagas moved to the seas in celebration. The pillars of the Giant Swing represent the mountains, while the circular base of the swing represents the earth and the seas. In the ceremony monks swung trying to grab a bag of coins placed on one of the pillars. Accidents and deaths were so common that this practice was outlawed in the 1930s. only the teak arch remains.

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