My first assignment from the photo course was a shoot documenting a local monastery called Wat Suthat in Bangkok. It was an interesting location to shoot because there was always a lot of restoration ...

With its elegant prayer hall, sweeping roofs and magnificent murals, Wat Suthat is regarded as one of the most popular temples in Bangkok. A pillar tucked behind its renowned golden Buddha bears ...

(Our Foreign Minister Dr Jaishankar made an official visit there recently.) In keeping with Thai tradition, it is next to the Buddhist temple Wat Suthat. Nobody sees any conflict in that. It is ...

The water was then blessed in Buddhist ceremonies at major temples before being combined in another consecration rite at Wat Suthat - one of Bangkok's oldest temples. The consecrated water is used ...

After a few tragic accidents, people stopped using it as a swing and it became a landmark for the nearby Wat Suthat ...

Since its discovery the statue has been widely copied. A plaster cast of it made in the late 1890s is enshrined in the Dipaduttarama Vihara in Kotahena, and Wat Suthat in Bangkok has a bronze copy ...