Amanda Obdam at Phanom Rung Festival 2020 🇹🇭

Ascending Phanom Rung Hill Parade with Amanda Obdam; Miss Universe Thailand 2020, in the Thai Apsara Costume Representing Queen Bhupatindra Lakshmi Devi (ภูปตินทรลักษมีเทวี) on the First day (5 April) of 2024 Phanom Rung Festival at Phanom Rung Historical Park, Buriram Province, Northeastern Thailand

 

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Queen Bhupatindra Lakshmi Devi was the mother of Narentrathit (นเรนทราทิตย์) who was the ruler and the builder of Prasat Hin Phanom Rung in the area of nowadays Buriram province, Thailand.

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The festival is held annually to worship Shiva god and to celebrate the special phenomenon when the ray of sunset passing though all 15 doorways of the temple to another side which occurs only 4 times in a year, 2 times for sunrise (April and September) and another 2 times for sunset (March and October).

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Credit: บุรีรัมย์ไปไหนดี?, Thai Culture to the World