Erawan Museum - Samutprakarn

kiku99 · January 4th, 2006, 02:04 AM

In the industrial suburbs south-east of Bangkok, a highly successful, if slightly eccentric, businessman ordered the construction of a monumental building sculpted in the shape of the three-headed elephant Airavata ridden by the Hindu god Indra. The businessman was Lek Viriyapant, who was also responsible for conceiving the Ancient City and Sanctuary of Truth.

PLACE: Erawan Museum
LOCATION: Sukhumwit Road as you enter Samut Prakan
OPENING HOURS: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
ADMISSION: 150 baht for adults, 50 baht for children. 50 baht baht for visiting the grounds only.

kiku99 · January 4th, 2006, 02:07 AM

I just visited this fabulous place last week. Very beautiful. Another great tourist attaction place and a sacred place for buddists

Look how beautiful this place is. Great Thai Architecture

kiku99 · January 4th, 2006, 02:08 AM

kiku99 · January 4th, 2006, 02:11 AM

A really great place to visit. I've heard about this place before. but just had a chance to visit last week. it is much better (more beautiful) than I expected.

kiku99 · January 4th, 2006, 02:18 AM

not my pics

Close-up of the intricate work on the stairs within the museum.

Decorated statue of a carp in one of the ponds around the museum.

Waterfall decorated with statues of mythical beasts in the grounds of the museum.

Another view of a waterfall with mythical beasts cavorting in it's mists.

Closer view directly at one of the three heads of the elephant building that is the Erawan Museum.

cHemon · January 4th, 2006, 02:30 AM

Great thread Kiku!!

I watched a TV documentary a year ago about how they built this gorgeous structure. Very interesting!

I will surely visit there one day soon.

How about the entrance fee??

cHemon · January 4th, 2006, 02:35 AM

Have anyone ever posted this building in the world forum???

I think it deserves to be there.
Maybe in "rate our architecture".

***Chad*** · January 4th, 2006, 03:34 AM

This is a jewel of marvel, The tri-head elephant looks incredibly realisitic. Not mentioning the "impossibility" on how would it standing up holding it's heads weight.

Just wonderful!!

BKKinTO · January 4th, 2006, 06:03 AM

Very nice Thanks Kiku

Jo · January 4th, 2006, 06:04 AM

I was also there last week, for the first time

Great photos Kiku!! It really shows every part of that place in a pleasant way. I have to go back some time, although it takes some time to get there.

The entrance fee to the park is 50 baht, or 150 baht if you also want to enter the elephant.

It's Bangkok's own little statue of liberty.. if only the surroundings were prettier

kiku99 · January 4th, 2006, 07:37 AM

Quote:

It's Bangkok's own little statue of liberty.. if only the surroundings were prettier

I know. the surround area is just

and with the expressway u/c next to it

still i really love the place

cHemon · January 4th, 2006, 08:11 AM

IMO, Samut Prakarn is a mess.

Full of industry factory, crowded, polluted, poor maintained road, etc.

Will BTS Samrong be extended to it???

Mosaic · January 4th, 2006, 08:25 AM

Such a great and fascinating place. I will visit there one day once The BTS reaches there.

satit28 · January 4th, 2006, 11:01 AM

i saw this since i was a little kid........
really took time..........
it's really beautiful............
thanks for mentioning it.........

BODYholic · January 5th, 2006, 04:28 AM

Magnificent but too bad, I see this thread too late. Gotta fly home today. Will definitely make an effort to see this place ... hopefuly during CNY.

kiku99 · January 5th, 2006, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cHemon

IMO, Samut Prakarn is a mess.

Full of industry factory, crowded, polluted, poor maintained road, etc.

Will BTS Samrong be extended to it???

BTS, hmm...not sure but don't think it will go that far.

Wisarut · January 6th, 2006, 09:43 AM

Well, Samrogn extension would DEFINITELY go that far ... by Popular Demands from thsoe wholivein Paknam and Samrong ....

Wisarut · January 6th, 2006, 09:46 AM

Well, Erawan Shrine has become Samrong versionof Erawan Shrine ... not many localpeople from rags to riches have come to that shrine to get the lucky numbers for biweekly lotto though

Atleast, Erawan Shrine has functioned as the ONLY public park for thsoe who lvie in Samrong area ....

BODYholic · January 8th, 2006, 04:15 PM

Can I flag down any cab in Sukhumvit or Silom and ask to send me to Erawan Museum? Thanks.

kiku99 · January 10th, 2006, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BODYholic

Can I flag down any cab in Sukhumvit or Silom and ask to send me to Erawan Museum? Thanks.

yah, i believe so. but some may not know about the place i think.

January 4th, 2006, 02:04 AM	#1
kiku99 ไทย Amazing Thailand 泰国 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bangkok Posts: 3,357 Likes (Received): 4	Erawan Museum - Samutprakarn In the industrial suburbs south-east of Bangkok, a highly successful, if slightly eccentric, businessman ordered the construction of a monumental building sculpted in the shape of the three-headed elephant Airavata ridden by the Hindu god Indra. The businessman was Lek Viriyapant, who was also responsible for conceiving the Ancient City and Sanctuary of Truth. PLACE: Erawan Museum LOCATION: Sukhumwit Road as you enter Samut Prakan OPENING HOURS: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. ADMISSION: 150 baht for adults, 50 baht for children. 50 baht baht for visiting the grounds only. __________________ 'BANGKOK-THAILAND' --> Los Angeles --> Melbourne, Australia! --> & now back to amazing Bangkok, Thailand again Bangkok Skyline Links Thai forum \| Bangkok Skyscrapers Info \| Amazing Thailand \| Bangkok City

January 4th, 2006, 02:07 AM	#2
kiku99 ไทย Amazing Thailand 泰国 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bangkok Posts: 3,357 Likes (Received): 4	I just visited this fabulous place last week. Very beautiful. Another great tourist attaction place and a sacred place for buddists Look how beautiful this place is. Great Thai Architecture __________________ 'BANGKOK-THAILAND' --> Los Angeles --> Melbourne, Australia! --> & now back to amazing Bangkok, Thailand again Bangkok Skyline Links Thai forum \| Bangkok Skyscrapers Info \| Amazing Thailand \| Bangkok City Last edited by kiku99; January 4th, 2006 at 02:13 AM.

January 4th, 2006, 02:08 AM	#3
kiku99 ไทย Amazing Thailand 泰国 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bangkok Posts: 3,357 Likes (Received): 4	__________________ 'BANGKOK-THAILAND' --> Los Angeles --> Melbourne, Australia! --> & now back to amazing Bangkok, Thailand again Bangkok Skyline Links Thai forum \| Bangkok Skyscrapers Info \| Amazing Thailand \| Bangkok City

January 4th, 2006, 02:11 AM	#4
kiku99 ไทย Amazing Thailand 泰国 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bangkok Posts: 3,357 Likes (Received): 4	A really great place to visit. I've heard about this place before. but just had a chance to visit last week. it is much better (more beautiful) than I expected. __________________ 'BANGKOK-THAILAND' --> Los Angeles --> Melbourne, Australia! --> & now back to amazing Bangkok, Thailand again Bangkok Skyline Links Thai forum \| Bangkok Skyscrapers Info \| Amazing Thailand \| Bangkok City

January 4th, 2006, 02:18 AM	#5
kiku99 ไทย Amazing Thailand 泰国 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bangkok Posts: 3,357 Likes (Received): 4	not my pics Close-up of the intricate work on the stairs within the museum. Decorated statue of a carp in one of the ponds around the museum. Waterfall decorated with statues of mythical beasts in the grounds of the museum. Another view of a waterfall with mythical beasts cavorting in it's mists. Closer view directly at one of the three heads of the elephant building that is the Erawan Museum. __________________ 'BANGKOK-THAILAND' --> Los Angeles --> Melbourne, Australia! --> & now back to amazing Bangkok, Thailand again Bangkok Skyline Links Thai forum \| Bangkok Skyscrapers Info \| Amazing Thailand \| Bangkok City

January 4th, 2006, 02:30 AM	#6
cHemon Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bangkok Posts: 5,398 Likes (Received): 6	Great thread Kiku!! I watched a TV documentary a year ago about how they built this gorgeous structure. Very interesting! I will surely visit there one day soon. How about the entrance fee??

January 4th, 2006, 02:35 AM	#7
cHemon Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bangkok Posts: 5,398 Likes (Received): 6	Have anyone ever posted this building in the world forum??? I think it deserves to be there. Maybe in "rate our architecture".

January 4th, 2006, 03:34 AM	#8
*Chad* Kickimus Gluteus Maximus Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bangkok Posts: 36,279 Likes (Received): 327	This is a jewel of marvel, The tri-head elephant looks incredibly realisitic. Not mentioning the "impossibility" on how would it standing up holding it's heads weight. Just wonderful!! __________________ You have the right to remain silent, everything you say will be misquoted and used against you in the forum -Imate pravo da ?utite, sve što budete rekli može i bi?e upotrebljeno protiv vas na forumu You know you love me. XOXO.

January 4th, 2006, 06:03 AM	#9
BKKinTO More than you know Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bangkok,Toronto Posts: 2,321 Likes (Received): 0	Very nice Thanks Kiku

January 4th, 2006, 06:04 AM	#10
Jo Iron horse rider dlx Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Östersund Posts: 4,282 Likes (Received): 4	I was also there last week, for the first time Great photos Kiku!! It really shows every part of that place in a pleasant way. I have to go back some time, although it takes some time to get there. The entrance fee to the park is 50 baht, or 150 baht if you also want to enter the elephant. It's Bangkok's own little statue of liberty.. if only the surroundings were prettier

January 4th, 2006, 08:11 AM	#12
cHemon Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bangkok Posts: 5,398 Likes (Received): 6	IMO, Samut Prakarn is a mess. Full of industry factory, crowded, polluted, poor maintained road, etc. Will BTS Samrong be extended to it???

January 4th, 2006, 08:25 AM	#13
Mosaic BANGKOK Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bangkok Posts: 13,129 Likes (Received): 2	Such a great and fascinating place. I will visit there one day once The BTS reaches there.

January 4th, 2006, 11:01 AM	#14
satit28 Rukpong Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Khon Kaen Posts: 4,381 Likes (Received): 1	i saw this since i was a little kid........ really took time.......... it's really beautiful............ thanks for mentioning it......... __________________ Rukpong

January 5th, 2006, 04:28 AM	#15
BODYholic Singaypore Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,009 Likes (Received): 0	Magnificent but too bad, I see this thread too late. Gotta fly home today. Will definitely make an effort to see this place ... hopefuly during CNY.

January 6th, 2006, 09:43 AM	#17
Wisarut Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 10,502 Likes (Received): 229	Well, Samrogn extension would DEFINITELY go that far ... by Popular Demands from thsoe wholivein Paknam and Samrong .... __________________ BKK Mass Transit Expert

January 6th, 2006, 09:46 AM	#18
Wisarut Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 10,502 Likes (Received): 229	Well, Erawan Shrine has become Samrong versionof Erawan Shrine ... not many localpeople from rags to riches have come to that shrine to get the lucky numbers for biweekly lotto though Atleast, Erawan Shrine has functioned as the ONLY public park for thsoe who lvie in Samrong area .... __________________ BKK Mass Transit Expert

January 8th, 2006, 04:15 PM	#19
BODYholic Singaypore Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,009 Likes (Received): 0	Can I flag down any cab in Sukhumvit or Silom and ask to send me to Erawan Museum? Thanks.

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