A recent addition to the international airport in Bangkok is a sculpture of the Churning of the Ocean of Milk situated after you get through immigration on your way out of town. This is the same story that you saw so wonderfully represented in stone at the Angkor temples in Cambodia.
Amazing how this (originally Indian) mythology not only spread through the region, but retains meaning even today.
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isn't there a big hindu community in thailand?
well, 95% of thais are buddhist, and 4% muslim. there are some hindus, but they're mostly in bangkok, and pretty geographically concentrated.
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