Emerald Buddha, the figurine to which the preceding temples' names refer
Phra Phrom | Chaloem Phra Kiat District, Nan | Chaloem Phra Kiat District | Wat Phra Kaew | Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew | The Erawan shrine's Brahma (Phra phom |
Considering the long history and Nagasena's (a Brahmin who became a Buddhist sage and lived about 150 BC) prophesy that the Emerald Buddha would bring "prosperity and pre-eminence to each country in which it resides", the Emerald Buddha deified in the Wat Phra Kaew is deeply revered and venerated in Thailand as the protector of the country.