Bangkok has an Official ceremonial name and it is the longest full ceremonial name with 168 letters composed of sanskrit & pali root words and it translates / means ´´City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home […]
Month: November 2019
A Wat is a Buddhist Temple in Thailand. Wat Phra Kaew (Thai : วัดพระแก้ว) commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple (wat) in Thailand. The Emerald Buddha housed in the temple is a potent religio-political symbol and the palladium (protective image) of Thailand.The […]
A Wat is a Buddhist Temple in Thailand. Wat Phra Kaew (Thai : วัดพระแก้ว) commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple (wat) in Thailand. The Emerald Buddha housed in the temple is a potent religio-political symbol and the palladium (protective image) of Thailand.The […]
A Wat is a Buddhist Temple in Thailand. Wat Phra Kaew (Thai : วัดพระแก้ว) commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple (wat) in Thailand. The Emerald Buddha housed in the temple is a potent religio-political symbol and the palladium (protective image) of Thailand.The […]
Wat Pho (Thai: วัดโพธิ์) also spelled Wat Po is a Buddhist temple complex in the Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is located on Rattanakosin Island, directly south of the Grand Palace. Known also as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, its official name is Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Rajwaramahawihan.The more commonly known name, Wat Pho, is a contraction of its […]
Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan (Thai: วัดอรุณราชวราราม ราชวรมหาวิหาร “Temple of Dawn”) is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Bangkok Yai district of Bangkok, Thailand, on the Thonburi west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The temple derives its name from the Hindu god Aruna often personified as the radiations of the rising sun. Wat Arun is among the best known of Thailand’s landmark. The first light of […]
A Wat is a Buddhist Temple in Thailand. Wat Phra Kaew (Thai : วัดพระแก้ว) commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple (wat) in Thailand. The Emerald Buddha housed in the temple is a potent religio-political symbol and the palladium (protective image) of Thailand.The […]
The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Commonly known as the Houses of Parliament after its occupants, the Palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London, England THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER […]
The Konkan Railway (abbreviated KR and कोरे) is a railway operated by Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, headquartered at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. The first passenger train ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993 between Udupi and Mangalore. The 741 km (461 mi) line connects Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka states in India. The first train on the completed track was flagged off […]
Indian Railways (IR) is India’s national railway system operated by the Ministry of Railways. It manages the fourth largest railway network in the world by size, with a route length of 67368-kilometre (41861 mi) and total track length of 121407-kilometre (75,439 mi) as of March 2017. I travelled a lot on trains in […]