Thailand: Kru Kai Kaew and Beliefs in Thai Society.

Adirach Toumlamoon

Believers pay homage to a large sculpture of Kru Kai Kaew installed in front of The Bazaar Ratchadaphisek Hotel, beside the Ratchada-Ladprao intersection. After being in the news during the invitation to be installed in front of the hotel, the sculpture was stuck under the overpass area, unable to pass because of the height that caused heavy traffic jams on Ratchadapisek Road that day. Make it known and have believers come to worship for good luck and fortune in work and life. While some people viewed it as being superstitious and wrong from true Buddhism because Kru Kai Kaew was half beast and half demon.