Erawan Shrine in Bangkok

First time visiting this religious shrine here in the middle of Bangkok,one of the busiest area.I was lucky there were not too many people. Came here on a Tuesday, approximately 5pm, October 2022.Went in and there is a booth selling offerings of different pricing ranging from 100B to 1000B. Got the 300B set and there are incense,candles and flowers which are sufficient for offerings to all 4 sides of the four faced buddha.Prayers are done in a clock wise manner starting from the side facing the main gate. Place 1 candle,1 set of flowers and 3 incense on each side after each prayer. (They dont allow lighting up of the incense now.)You may also engage their on-site prayer group for a fee.Definitely a good experience overall.

There are many people there for praying of sightseeing.

A very small Buddha statue. If you like to worship Buddha, you can go there. If the place to visit is small, the tour can be over in 1 minute

Temple of Lord Gamesh (Phra Pikanet in Thai). Nearest BTS is Chit Lom (Sukhumvit BTS Line)

Erawan Shrine under maintenance now preparing for the big day on Nov 9 every year. Pray 🙏 🙏🙏

Most popular place in Bangkok. Making wishes and offering. Packed with devotees. Also a selfie hotspot

I have often passed by this street side shrine, where many Thais visit to pray on a daily basis, I witnessed some merit making today, when a family bought some captive doves from a trader, and opened the cages to set them free.Other traders sell garlands, flowers etc

An awesome Erawan Shrine.Crowded with people searching for spiritual peace

Enjoyable even for Thai dance and song for prayers.

It’s a great place to see religious syncretism in Thailand. While 93% of the country follows Theravada Buddhism, many Thai Buddhists also come here to pray to Brahma, a Hindu god. Vendors on and next to the site are selling marigolds as offerings and birds in cages. There is also traditional Thai dancers on the site that perform dances for worshippers who wish to receive blessings at the site.

1 of the temple that I will come and return my prayers every year

A very religious an sacret place for specific belivers!

Four face Buddha. Its always crowded with many visitors praying and giving respect.

Great shrine to visit in bangkok.Located prominently at the junction. Currently due to covid 19, burning of joss sticks and candles are not allowed.Purchase the joss sticks, candle and flower wreaths etc from the corner kiosk near the side gate. The sellers are quite used to tourist so they can speak some english/chinese.Nice atmosphere.

Iconic landmark in bangkok with some history to it. Always filled with people.

Finally got to the shrine to offer my respect after the travel restrictions are lifted. The offerings are now THB120 per tray for the basic items. Still a Must Visit for me everytime I am in Bangkok. The dancers are also back and may need to queue since many are back to give Thanks.

Very famous Shrine, Always a must when I am in Bangkok

Many people travel exclusively to Bangkok to either pray for themselves or to “repay the Buddha” after their wishes had been granted and blessed. This four faced buddha is famed for its power to grant the wishes of devotees. There is a stall inside where you can buy prayer items. Lighting of joss sticks and candles are not allowed anymore. Just place the items on the shrine altar to offer the Buddha.

Beautiful place been visiting there for over 10 years and love it. Relaxing and watching them dance traditional Thai is so nice. A must visit!!!!

After 26 years of going once on every visit, this time it felt very dry and hollow. Reason being that you are not allowed to burn the joss sticks or the candles anymore.While I understand the public health discourse, life is not made up of science and health only but enriched by spirituality, faith and human energy. The smell and warmth that would trigger a quarter of century of prayers and memories can no longer be experienced.I have decided not to go there any more, so that I can live with the beautiful memories I had every year, on every visit, since 1996.Hope it is just me.😥😥😥

pray here after 2 year plus ago because of Covid and really happy to be back in bangkok againUsed to pray here every month before Covid 19 and would say that my prayer is answerednow will start to come bangkok every month againPls visit here if you are in bangkok👍👍👍👍👍

Four faces budha, most budhist and hindu workship there, or order dancer from 2, 4,6 to 8 dancer with variery of price. We can light the candle and insence now. Located beside grand hyaat hotel. Tell the taxi driver budha erawan

Walked pass this place lots of times but finally visited. Was a super sunny day 🥹Just walked right in to buy flowers, incense sticks at the shrine, ranging from 50 baht and above, no need to buy from outside venders.

One of the 8 shrines but also the most famous one.The creation

Make sure to check out all four faces of the shrine.

My family has come to this Shrine every time were in Bangkok since before I was born.The experience this year was different though. The AQI was quite bad during the days I visited. The Shrine was covered up with plastic wrap, possibly as protection against dust and pollution.This made it rather difficult to see inside.Incense and candles also werent allowed to be lit, and gold leaves were no longer available.Flower offerings and placing an unlit candle was still allowed though.

One of The Most Divine places in Bangkok. Both Local and Foreign people believes that prayers made at the Shrine, does answered. 🙏

Pray for your wish and If it comes true, you purchase flowers, candles and paper gold or buy dancing service to devote. So many people who includes foreigners visit here.

The most popular and famous shrine with the 4 faced Buddha. Unfortunately there was a bombing case here a few years back. But now there is a security person in place. Everything seems back to normal with many people praying here.

A special visit to the Shrine. For family, brothers, friends and the world, wish all of us could move forward in wisdom and peace.

Excellent shrine in the heart of Bangkok, a place that you must visit in your next trip to Thailand.

A must visit when you’re in downtown Bangkok. Buy your incense and flowers inside, and ask the Brahma for good luck. Very well maintained even during COVID. Upside of the pandemic is that there are very few tourists right now, so it is very calm here during weekdays.

An interesting place to visit, especially if you like to see how religious traditions develop. Here youll see a mix of Hindu, Buddhist, and animist beliefs. The photos and videos I have added are from about 2005, the dancers wear face shields now. Ceremony is important, but so is avoiding Covid...

Its a famous holy place for Thai people and foreigners, and its one of the tourist attractions to visit. But if you want to buy a flower for worship, you better buy from the shop inside. Its on the right side after you enter the entrance. The prices are lower than outside.

Must visit holy place of worship in Thailand. Legend has it that the adjoining hotel keep on having construction accidents until the shrine was erected. Afterwards people come here because the shrine has powers to grant you what ever success you wish for. But you must return in exchange for your wish if it comes true. Some people will contribute elephants for each of the four faces. Some have even Lum Thai or Thai traditional dance naked. This shrine is so revered that there is another replica in Las Vegas.

Erawan shrine is very crowded place because Thais believe that if you go and pray at this shrine, and ask for a wish. Your wish will shall come true. -- People also believe that you need to do something in return after your wish came true.The statue in the shire is Tao Mahaprom or Brahma -- the creator god in Hinduism. So people believe that he in the one who creates everything at the first place so he is the one who control your destiny.To pray the god, you should take flowers, and incense sticks (it can be bought at the Shrine). Then, you should pray at all four directions of the statue (or ask staffs for advices).To do something in return, people tend to hire Thai dancers at the shrine to dace as worship rituals.

Come here every year for the wish.You can order the dancer for the Buddha and they have many choices. Normally Thursday is the best day for visit the Buddha here , about the old traditional story Buddha will com to here at the Thursday night 9:30pm so if you make the wish at the time can have more chance to be dreams come true.About the flower shop you can buy different price of the set . To hold on to your faith and things will go your way .

Beautiful site to visit. You can find traditional dance just in front of the shrine as well. Worth a visit. If you are coming from the Siam BTS station its a convenient walk on the pedestrian skyway.

Missus and I came last year to pray for good luck, hence we came back this year again to pay our gratitude towards the luck given. It’s a own self of how much token of gratitude one self wish to pay by having different amount of dancers and since we were praying for 2, we choose a 8 dancers instead which is not really pricey nevertheless, it’s not about the price but the heart towards it.It is always pack even until night time, and it’s a good thing for environmental of not having to burn joss sticks anymore. Always buy the set of praying - joss stick, flowers and candle inside the shrine by the right hand side and never buy it from the people outside the front door. Majority of them are scammer especially those with birds.At the end of the praying, just went to get a wash up by the side to clean up bad lucks.Feels good after praying. Believing is good but hence, no matter how you pray, don’t really expect the gold will gonna falls down from the skies. It’s all about hard work to achieve the dreams.

A famous place to worship Hindu lord Brahma.. As the place was build to eliminate the bad karma which was caused when the foundation of a hotel was laid on a wrong date.. The place will give you peace once you get there.. There is also a thai dance that are performed by thai womens, you have to say your name to them and they will pray for you to the lord.. Must visit the place when you have been to Bangkok..

A place of worship for the Theravada Buddhist faith. It differs from the Mahayana practice. It has traces of Hinduism. The Erawan Shrine pays tribute to Brahma, the God of Wisdom and it is believed to have granted wishes to many devotees. However upon receiving the wish, one must return to repay the gift. Nevertheless in the absence of a specific request, it I always good to seek for health and safety.

The most famous spot for believers to worship Erawan in BKK.You could buy a bird and set it free, or buy flowers or even spend more hiring dancers to please and thank Erawan. Before you start worship, remember to wash your hands, neck and head at the corner that has many elephant sculptures.FYI, the cost of hiring dancers is $800 baht for like 1 minute long performance.

I’m not Thai so I don’t really know the significance of this place but it must be pretty special because a lot of people here, lots come to pray. If you are a tourist you would definitely enjoy some traditional dance performance and singing. Do not expect any architecture or interesting decorations

The most famous and popular Erawan Shrine in Bangkok. Endless people come in and out whole the day to pray and get inner peace. Most important is that they give the donated money to other charities in need.

This is a tourist location - also there are people outside that try to sell incense for 100bhat.The security there is SO kind. They taught me how to pay respect to the different shrines and how to get my talisman.The ceiling is a must see!!! The gardens are also very peaceful.

Erawan Shine in Bangkok also known as Saan Phra Phrom or Sann Thao Maha Phrom. Popular worship location for locals and tourists all over the world. Situated beside the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, near Bangkok skytrain Chitlom station with nearby many shopping centers.Constantly crowded tourists location.

The most famous shrine in Bangkok. Many people pray here everyday. I also pray here when I visited Bangkok at the first time. Hopefully my wishes will all come true.

The Erawan Shrine, or Saan Phra Phrom, is held in high esteem by Thai Buddhists as sacred and powerful to ward off bad luck, it is a large shrine with the four headed Brahma at its centre. A hugely popular tourist attraction, it often features performances by resident Thai dance troupes, who are hired by worshippers in return for seeing their prayers at the shrine are answered. In the early hours of 21 March 2006, the shrine was vandalised by a Thai man believed to be mentally ill. After smashing the statue with a hammer, 27-year-old Thanakorn Pakdeepol was himself beaten to death by angry bystanders. Two street sweepers who worked for the Pathum Wan district office were arrested and charged with the fatal beating.The shrine is located by the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, at the Ratchaprasong intersection of Ratchadamri Road in Pathum Wan district, Bangkok, Thailand. This very busy part of Bangkok is constantly full of heavy traffic every day. It is near the Bangkok Sky Trains Chit Lom Station, which has an elevated walkway overlooking the shrine. The area has many shopping malls nearby, Siam Paragon, Siam Centre / Siam Discovery along with Gateway store, Gaysorn, Central World and Amarin Plaza.The Erawan Shrine was built in 1956 as part of the government owned Erawan Hotel to eliminate the bad karma believed caused by laying the foundations on the wrong date. The hotels construction was delayed by a series of set backs, including expenditure overruns and injuries to labourers, plus the loss of a shipload of Italian marble intended for the building of the shrine. Furthermore, the Ratchaprasong Intersection had once been used to put criminals on public display. The Brahma statue was designed and built by the Department of Fine Arts and enshrined on 9 November 1956. The hotels construction thereafter proceeded without any further incidents. In 1987, the hotel was demolished and the site used for the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel.

One of the holiest Shrine in the world.Many people from around the world come to Thailand to worship the lord, all your wish can be true here if you pray to the lord the right way and in case you dont know how ask a staffs or local they can give for you a good advice.

This Shrine is dedicated to the Hindu God of Creation "Brahma" and you will see a four faced idol of the god here. Its the most famous shrine in Thailand and most of the times it is crowded. People come here to get their wishes fulfilled by offering flower garlands and coconuts. Also there is a Thai traditional dance troupe which was performing when we went there and it was beautiful. It is located just outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel and the closest BTS is Chitlom.