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Bangkok

The coat of arms of Bangkok (fig.) shows Indra (fig.) on the elephant Erawan (Airavata) holding a trihsoon (trident) and a kho chang  (elephant hook). It refers to the full Thai name for Bangkok, usually shortened as Krung Thep Maha Nakon, which describes the the city as the ‘Impregnable Stronghold of the god Indra’, whilst the elephant Erawan is the official mount of Indra (fig.). Note that the elephant in the logo of Bangkok has four tusks, akin to the elephant's head of Wihaan Thep Withayakhom at Wat Banrai (fig.).

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