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From Indian Mind to Thai Heart: Buddhist Cult to Ganesh Puja

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Buddhism sprang from the root of Indian philosophic thought. The phenomenon suits Thai society and intermingles with nature of Thai people and a became unique character. Buddhist Thai as Theravada sect preserves original Shakyamuni ’s verses. Architecture of Buddhist temple settles throughout country. Indian philosophy has been shining in Suwarna-Bhumi all this while. Ganesh, Gurudev and lovely god, grows in the soul of artists. His various postures are presented back to India and also welcome beautiful gestures idol to Thailand. Buddhists set dream to visit birthplace of their religion. Indian and Thai are bound together not just interchanging or simply relation. Moreover, the way of thought deeps its root in hearts of Thais.

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  1. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, 73170, Thailand

    Kanopporn Wongkalasin

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Wongkalasin, K. (2017). From Indian Mind to Thai Heart: Buddhist Cult to Ganesh Puja. In: Ghosh, L. (eds) India-Thailand Cultural Interactions. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3854-9_6

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