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Adjacent to Wat Mahathat, between Maharat Road and the river, is
Bangkok's biggest amulet market, where a fantastic array of
religious amulets, charms, talismans, and traditional medicine
is sold. Each Sunday, hundreds of the faithful squat on the
ground studying tiny images of the Buddha with magnifying
glasses, hoping to find one that will bring good fortune or ward
off evil. Each amulet brings a specific kind of luck — to get
the girl, to pass your exams, to keep bugs out of your rice
stock, or to ward off your mother-in-law. The newer amulet
market is part of Wat Ratchanada, off the intersection of
Mahachai Road and Ratchadamnoen Klang Road, across from the
Golden Mount at Wat Saket. |
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