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Shiva Mahatap Tewalai

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Shiva Mahatap Tewalai (Thai, เทวาลัยศิวะมหาเทพ) is a Hindu temple located at Ban Don Yang, Sila Sub-district, Mueang Khon Kaen District, Khon Kaen Province. It is near Route 230, the Friendship Highway Bypass Road (Kalasin-Udorn), south of, and not far from Phutthamonthon Esan - Khon Kaen.

The temple began construction on November 27, 2011. The effort was instituted by Baba Goha Swami Shivananda (Cohababa Siwasaya)[1]. Construction is still ongoing. Although Thailand is a Buddhist country, there is an syncretic relationship and mutual understanding with and about Buddhism and Hinduism[2] and many Thai people believe in Hindu gods[3] such as Ganesha[4], one of the best known and most worshiped deities in the Hindu religion and Shiva (whom the Thais call Phra Isuan), one of the principal deities of Hinduism. The purpose of this temple is to give people access to Hindu gods and receive blessings from Shiva and Ganesh and others and it was established for visitors to pay their respects while studying the dharma, right way of living[5].

The Temple is on a large tract of land and consists of numerous temples, shrines, caves and statues, surrounding a small lake[6] - which is the place of the Phraya Anantakarat, Naga, the great serpent. There are shrines[7] to TrimurtiBrahma the creator (known as Phra Phrom in Thailand), Vishnu (known as Phra Narai) the preserver and Shiva, the destructor. There are also shrines to Tao Amarin-tarathirach or Indra (a guardian deity in Buddhism and known as Phra In), Goddess Sri Uma (consort of Shiva), Lakshmi (goddess of prosperity, good fortune, and beauty), Surachawadee, Mother Earth, Gaṅgā, worshiped by Hindus who believe that bathing in the river Ganges causes the remission of sins and facilitates liberation from the cycle of life and death, and other gods.

In the Maha Anantanakharat Cave, there is a depiction about the origin of the serpent (Nāga) according to Hindu beliefs, which is somewhat different than the Buddhist belief. The model cave is quite large and decorated with colorful lights and faux stalactites and stalagmites which resemble the real thing. Another cave is a simulated hell cave. The cave was built to conform to the beliefs of Thai people. In front of the cave is a large devil statue. The temple is open during daylight hours (except for planned services) and does not require an admission price.

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  1. Bunsri Srikun and Kriangkrai Anurakcharoenporn, Thewalai Shiva, Great God! Phenomenal beliefs, incredible beliefs and the amazing things to see, Siam Thailand News, June 18, 2018.
  2. See Samuel, Geoffrey, The Origins of Yoga and Tantra. Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, (2010) and von Glasenapp, Helmuth, "Vedanta and Buddhism, A Comparative Study", Access to Insight, 1 December 2012
  3. The new Brahmins", Bangkok Post, October 15, 2015
  4. For example, Ganesh or as Thais refer to it as Phra Pikanet, is not generally prayed to; but in certain circumstances (as Ganesh is seen as the remover of obstacles and a fan of the arts), artists or entrepeneurs opening a business may pray to him.
  5. See "Dharma", The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Ed. (2013), Columbia University Press, Gale, and Rosen, Steven, Essential Hinduism, Praeger, Chapter 3, 2006
  6. Srikun & Anurakcharoenporn (2018)
  7. See ศรีรักษา, กิตติสันต (Sriraksa, Kittasan), เทวาลัยศิวะมหาเทพขอนแกน : ภาชนะใบใหญที่รองรับสิ่งของนานาชนิดไวในที่เดียวกัน Thewalai Siva Maha Thep, Khon Kaen: A big container that combines many things in the same place, วารสารวิถีสังคมมนุษย (Journal of the Way Human Society), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Kalasin University, ปที่ 1 ฉบับที่ 2 เดือนกรกฎาคม - ธันวาคม 2556 (Year 1, Issue 2, July - December 2013)

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