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  lak meuang

 

Thailand

A lak meuang is the city pillar in which the guardian spirit of a city dwells, and here, in the capital Bangkok, the shrine, known in Thai as sahn lak meuang, also contains a second pillar housing the guardian spirit of the nation. From this point the distance between other Thai cities is measured.

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