Photo – Lion Insignia – Bangkok, Thailand
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Bangkok is a bustling city and a tourist hotspot; prominent attractions being the Grand Palace and Wat Pho (the temple of reclining buddha). The lion is one of the insignia of the king and featured over all the arches of the Chakri Maha Prasat Hall. The architecture of Chakri Maha Prasat Hall is a mixture of Thai (the roof and the embellishments) and European styles (rest of the structure including the landscaped garden in front of the palace). Interestingly the kings of Thailand all take the name Rama (suffixed by their number in the dynasty) on ascending the throne.
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