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Bangkok See & Do Guide: Jao Mae Taptim

Jao Mae Taptim

Sightseeing - Historic Sites
Nai Lert Park, 2 Wireless Road, Bangkok, Thailand
Phone: 02-253-0123

Located behind the Swissotel Nai Lert Park, this famous Buddhist shrine was once a spirit house built by Nai Lert, the hotel's original owner, for Jao Mae Taptim, a female spirit thought to live in a large ficus tree in the garden. The shrine is noted for the collection of wooden and stone phallic sculptures that surrounds it. Women seeking to conceive leave offerings of flowering jasmine and lotus blossoms. Open daily during daylight hours. Nai Lert Park, 2 Wireless Road (behind the Swissotel Nai Lert Park), Bangkok. Phone 02-253-0123.
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