Nakhon Si Thammarat Travel Photo Guide

3 of the greatest Bharatas

8/26/2016

Few years ago Bolliwood made Mahabharat - epic story about descendants of Bharata with many heroes and big Bang on the end, which is also leaded to the end of Aryan civilization. Mahabharat is considered as the largest epic in a world literature, inspired all & everyone who's able to be inspired.

Pictures in ancient obelisks, bas-reliefs in a temples around central & north of Thailand and even modern decorations contains many episodes from Mahabharat, mostly from main event of saga - 18-days war on Kurukshetra.

All of that would be incomplete and not enough for this article, if I were to fail to refer one night in Bangkok where I found myself in a hotel room with Dengue fever. Being not able to do nothing, but only read, I started to read the only magazine what room has. Magazine was about Indian community in Thailand - the hotel has Indian owners. The largest article was about a man, who spent long time translating Mahabharat from Sanskrit to Thai language - he just finished and was rewarded for that.

Epilogue done, below and shortly - stories about 3 of the most famous Bharats of all the times, with a pictures of today's 27 August sunrise.

1. Maharaja Bharata & little deer

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Anatta-Lakhana sutra

2/26/2016

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The second sutta of Lord Buddha. Here you can read text on Pali with translation.

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History by locals: Phra Ajan tales

10/22/2015

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Nakhon Si Thammarat is the place with living traditions of oral history. While we are here its sounds more trustable,
- because of deeper and better connection with surroundings - mountains, rivers and waterfalls,
and because its comes from the people who live here and keeping that tradition in various forms and aspects. Some of that forms presented on local festivals, such as Nang Talung shadow play and Nora dancing...
In contract to the common history, oral history doesn't has exact chronology - order there based on the regional features, which are important for its native holders.

Phra Ajan tales

Same as common "approved" history, fragments and parts of those others also has its own dangers to disappear - for example, if landscape what mentioned will seriously change, or none of the locals will listen it (preferring to watch modern movies instead). So, I'll post here some tales of Phra Ajan, who is not just the abbot of Wat Parian - he is also the great story-teller, and we noticed that even people around never heard any of his stories before and amazed to listen it. To add personal touch its comes with our pictures.

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Tales from life of Buddha by Shine

10/21/2015

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Shine was borned in Chiang Mai and after many adventures appears in South of Thailand.
His talent to tell the stories far beyond my ability to text them in same colours,
so they mixed it with that pics for the well balance.

Story of murderer

In a times of Lord Buddha there are was a man who was very strong phisically and had a great tendency to violence.
He already killed many, and did it again. 100 was died, when he come to the famous temple to ask its abbot, what punishment awaits him for his sins.
With his experience and knowledge abbot explained him what he will get - "You drowned by ocean of evil and blood.
Usually I don't run any rites to honour the drowned ones and only for you will do now exception. Take it as you should take all in life - as a Gift ".
And he shows to the man the hell's tortures in a full colours. His death was 101-st on account of that most horrible murderer.