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Royal love for classical music
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 10/12/2019
» Wearing a denim suit, rock'n'roll-style T-shirt and a black and red checkered hat, Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya, patron of the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra (RBSO), enthusiastically and gracefully monitored a rehearsal of the recent "Four Royal Orchestral Suites For His Majesty King Rama X" concert. In fact, she diligently monitored every rehearsal of the orchestra in preparation for this historic event.
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Flowers power
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 07/12/2017
» Until Sunday, the "Suan Luang Rama IX Flower Festival", one of the most famous flower festivals in Thailand, makes a return at Suan Luang Rama IX Park off Srinakarin Road in Prawet district from 8am-7pm.
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Crowning glory
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 21/04/2016
» Thailand has around 40,000 Buddhist temples and countless Buddha statues. One of the most beautiful styles of Buddha statue is that of the crowned Buddha. Although this art-form flourished during the Ayutthaya Period (1351-1767), it is in fact much older. Examples of this can be found throughout Bangkok.
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A headless mystery
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 24/03/2016
» History buffs and archaeological experts are currently participating in one of the hottest debates in recent years. Rungroj Phirom-anukul has offered a controversial theory that the head of a Buddha image on view at the National Museum Bangkok might belong to the Ayutthaya Kingdom's major Buddha statue Phra Sri Sanphet. According to history as it's currently understood, Phra Sri Sanphet, burnt by Burmese invaders during the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767, was brought to Bangkok during the reign of King Rama I and has been kept inside Phra Chedi Sri Sanphet Chadauyan, a pagoda at Wat Pho, ever since.
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Radiance reburnished
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 18/09/2014
» Standing tall and graceful in the compound of a Thai-Chinese school near Hua Lamphong railway station is a villa built in a mixture of European styles. Its exterior features identify it as a fine period building, although the architectural style is not easily categorised. It is only when one ventures indoors, however, that the true glory of Phraya Sri Thammathirat's former residence is revealed.
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Robe presentation in Chai Nat
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 26/06/2014
» To mark the start of Buddhist Lent, the people of Chai Nat will participate in the annual ceremony to present and wrap a huge saffron robe around the principal pagoda of Wat Phra Boromthat Worawihan in Muang district on July 12.
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New lease of life
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 30/01/2014
» Entering the recently opened Siriraj Bimuksthan Museum, next to Siriraj Hospital, is like stepping back in time. Literally. For you are entering the high-ceilinged ticket hall of the Thon Buri (Bangkok Noi) railway station, a century-old space complete with oval-shaped period benches that was preserved intact after the last passengers disembarked here in October 2003.
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