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boat to Tha Chang. From the Siam Sq area (in front of the MBK Center, Th Phra Ram I),
take bus 47.
Wat Phra Kaew
Ramakian Murals
Outside the main
bòht
(ordination hall) is a stone statue of the Chinese goddess of mercy,
Kuan Im; nearby are two cow figures, representing the year of Rama I's birth. In the 2km-
long cloister that defines the perimeter of the complex are 178 murals depicting the
Ra-
makian
(the Thai version of the Indian
Ramayana
epic) in its entirety, beginning at the
north gate and moving clockwise around the compound.
