Jan 3, 2024
Faithful Gather at Bangkok Shrines for New Year's Blessings
Devotees swarmed the Bangkok City Pillar Shrine on New Year's Eve, filling the usually tranquil grounds with a surge of worshippers seeking blessings for the new year. The shrine extended its operating hours to accommodate the unprecedented turnout, with participants engaging in an illuminating ritual. In related news, tourists flocked to Wat Kham Chanot Wang Nakee for the Loy Krathong Festival, and the Erawan Shrine, despite a tragic bombing in 2015, remains a spiritual haven.