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Three Beautiful Temples that I Visited in Bangkok, Thailand! (Post No.15,349)
I visited three beautiful temples in Bangkok, capital city of Thailand, on 6th and 7th of January, 2026. They are
Sri Maha Mariamman Temple
Buddha Temple and
Mother Earth Temple
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Sri Maha Mariamman Temple is a Hindu temple on Silon Road in the heart of Bangkok city. It is about 220 years old started by the Tamil Immigrants. Vaithi Padaiyachi constructed it in a shed and slowly extended it. His son expanded it and now it looks very modern with all Hindu Gods including Brahma. The main shrine accommodates Maha Mariamman, a form of Goddess Shakti. Village God Kaththavarayan, popular gods Siva, Vishnu, Uma, Lakshmi, Sarasvati, Ganesh , Muruga/Skanda and Buddha are all worshipped there.
Sri Kannappa Kurukkal of Mariamman Temple in Bangkok.
Thai Students worshipping Goddess Mari Amman/ Shakti
Two Surprises
When I entered the temple I saw a lot of Thai students in school uniform, mostly girls, worshipping with utmost devotion. Probably they are on their way to examinations. I find more Thail devotees than Tamils in the temple. They came with plates full of fruits and garlands to offer to different Gods.
Another surprise was teenage girls were taking video film with song and dance in front of the temple. They had Kunkum/tilak on their forehead establishing their identity. Probably they wanted to do a presentation about the temple or Hinduism.
Sri Kannappa Kurukkal of Vedaranyam is the chief priest there. I got his telephone number from Vellore Sri Kalyana Sundara Sivacharya, who took me around the temple and did the temple honours to me. He told me that Vedic students from Madurai, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli are appointed as priest there. They are all young.
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Mother Earth Temple
On my way to the Grand Palace, I saw youngsters, mostly Thai, Chinese and Vietnamese gathering in front of the Goddess Mother Earth in a road junction and lighting incense sticks. I saw the same Goddess in two more places.
All the names of Mother Goddess are from Vedic Sanskrit, only the spellings are corrupted. It was an echo of Atharva Veda where we have the oldest hymn on Mother Earth in the name of Bhumi/ Prithvi Suktas. Bhumi, Prithvi, Dharani, Ma/mother, Vaudhara and Vasundhara are used in the description of Goddess Mother earth.
But Buddhists added a new story for the worship of Mother Earth through out South- East Asian countries.
When Buddha was meditating under the Bodhi tree, Maran, the evil demon, tried to distract him and foil his attempt to attain enlightenment. But Buddha summoned Mother Earth through his Bhumi Sparsa Mudra (a hand gesture) where the fingers touch or point towards Bhumi/Earth.
Immediately Mother Earth came and twisted her long hair where from the water flew and washed away the evil Maran. These Mother Earth statues are in specially erected Mandapas, or in the gardens and in the Buddhist temples. She is on the left hand and holding Kalasha.Devotees go there to offer flowers, light up incense sticks and worship.
My Comments
Hindus are the first race in the world to describe the land, country and earth as Mother.
Since we have no reference to Mother Earth with reference to Buddha in ancient Pali scriptures, it is actually a corrupted story of Mother Ganga and Bhumi Sukta of Atharva Veda; the proof lies in the pure Sanskrit words describing the earth.
Earth in Sanskrit words
Vasundharā -Wathondare (ဝသုန္ဓရေ) or Wathondara
Sri Dharaṇī=Preah Thoroni
Anangu in Tamil Nanga in Sanskrit= Nang Thorani (นางธรณี))
Kanishta Nanga= Neang Konghing (នាងគង្ហីង)
Evil Mara= Another name of Kaama/ Desire/ Manmatha
Atharva veda says
” Mata Bhumi putroham prithivyah ” (माता भूमि पुत्रोहं पृथिव्या🙂 Meaning “Earth is my mother I am her son”.
There are scores of other verses that glorify Mother Earth. The hymn of these verses is known as “Prithivi Sukta ” in AtharvaVeda .In these verses, prithi is described as vasudhara or vasudha (Possessor of wealth).
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Buddha Temple with huge Golden coloured Buddha
In the heart of Bangkok city, there is a beautiful Buddha temple with serene atmosphere.
Buddhist Temple,Wat Thepthidaram, Samran Road, Bangkok
Rama III commissioned it in honour of his elder daughter Krommameaun Apson Suda Thep
52 cast figures of female monks made from tin, in meditative pose.
It is a monastic living quarters , with village atmosphere.
Great poet Sunthorn Phu resided here.
The huge temple has a big Buddha in golden colour. On the both sides the corridors have more golden Buddhas. When I went there on 7-1-2026, about fifty Buddhist monks, young and old were reciting the Pali scriptures; it sounded like the Vedic recitation in Hindu Veda Patasalas/schools. But only five devotees were there. Whoever enters the building will go into meditation. The complex has Mother Earth Statue as well. The walls have the paintings depicting Buddha Charita.
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Sanskrit Everywhere
When one travels in car one can notice Sanskrit words everywhere. Indra, Sri, Nagara are very common. If one studies the names of Thai people, one would find them of Sanskrit origin. Description of Mother Earth has nothing but Sanskrit. Moreover, we find Indra Festival as water festival, Makara Sankranti and Tamil New Year day corresponding with Thai New Year day, Brahmin Priests officiating Royal Thai ceremonies, recitation of Tamil Tiruvempavai of Manikkavasagar etc in Thailand. Hindu Gods including Brahma are worshipped in different temples. Ayodhya (corrupted as Ayuthaya) was the ancient capital and Kings are named Rama. Statues of Airavata Elephant with four heads are in road junctions. All these points to Hindu origin rather than Buddhist origin of Mother Earth.
Atharvana Veda has the oldest song on Mother Earth with a long and beautiful description.
Evil Mara attacking Buddha with temptations of Desire
Mother Earth in Politics and Water Board of Thailand
— Subham—
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