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.
More technical details about the photo at my photoblog (click on Image Info).
[...] Photo – Lion Insignia – Bangkok, ThailandInterestingly the kings of Thailand all take the name Rama (suffixed by their number in the dynasty) on ascending the throne. More technical details about the photo at my photoblog (click on Image Info). [...]
Did you notice that they usually have a ball of stone or something inside the mouth of all lion like figures … I’ve never really found out what that is for ? I’m sure there is a meaning to it
@Sharninder In ancient Greece, there were often horse statues made of bronze, with the horse’s front legs in the air. But since bronze is weak, these statues had the front legs of the horse resting on a ball for support. After the discovery of iron smelting, bronze statues had iron reinforcements for support and the ball under the horse’s feet disappeared. This might be something similar.
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