{"id":5198,"date":"2022-06-08T07:28:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T07:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/?p=5198"},"modified":"2022-06-17T09:10:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T09:10:15","slug":"three-giant-ganesha-statues-chachoengsao-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/th\/2022\/06\/08\/three-giant-ganesha-statues-chachoengsao-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Giant Ganesha Statues, Chachoengsao Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5198\" class=\"elementor elementor-5198\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98964f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98964f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9f88cc\" data-id=\"a9f88cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa54c9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa54c9a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1630be\" data-id=\"c1630be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5361224 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5361224\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In Thailand, Ganesha is called Phra Phikanet (\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e06\u0e40\u0e19\u0e28) and is worshipped as the deity of fortune and success, and the remover of obstacles. He is associated with arts, education, and trade. Shrines and statues for this elephant-headed Hindu God can be seen all around Thailand. Some of the largest statues of Ganesha can be found in Chachoengsao province. This is an easy day trip from Bangkok. But, you would need your own transport.<\/p>\n<p>This first large Seated Ganesha can be found at Wat Phrong Akat in Chachoengsao (see\u00a0map). It is 49 meters high and 19 meters wide.<\/p>\n<p>This large Reclining Ganesha is at\u00a0Wat Saman Rattanaram in Chachoengsao (see\u00a0map). It is 16 meters high and 22 meters long.<\/p>\n<p>This large Standing Ganesha is at Khlong Khuean Ganesh International park in Chachoengsao. \u00a0It is 30 meters high.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfca59d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfca59d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e8179b\" data-id=\"8e8179b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb62dd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb62dd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Giant-ganesha2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Giant-ganesha2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Giant-ganesha2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Giant-ganesha2-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7892905\" data-id=\"7892905\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9026b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d9026b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Giant-ganesha-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Giant-ganesha-1-1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Giant-ganesha-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Giant-ganesha-1-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Thailand, Ganesha is called Phra Phikanet (\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e06\u0e40\u0e19\u0e28) and is worshipped as the deity of fortune and success, and the remover of obstacles. He is associated with arts, education, and trade. Shrines and statues for this elephant-headed Hindu God can be seen all around Thailand. Some of the largest statues of Ganesha can be found [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5198"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5212,"href":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5198\/revisions\/5212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vhpthailand.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}