Erawan

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Erawan Museum in Samut Prakan Province, Thailand.

Erawan (Thai: ) is the Thai name of the mythological elephant Airavata.

It is a huge elephant, which is shown with three, sometimes with 33 heads. The heads are often shown with more than two tusks. Some statues show the Hindu god Indra riding on Erawan.

See also

• Erawan Shrine, Bangkok
• Erawan Museum, Samut Prakan Province
• Erawan National Park, Kanchanaburi Province
• King Amphoe Erawan, Loei Province

References

• Frank E. Reynolds (Transl.): Three worlds According To King Ruang: A Thai Buddhist Cosmology. Berkeley 1982, ISBN 0-89581-153-7

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