What that Budha head in tree roots signifies.
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When the Burmese troops entered Thailand, and reached Ayutthaya (which was the capital until 1767), they decapitated the buddhas from the temples they passed through (not for religious reasons but to frighten their potential opponents by making them see that they could run the same fate). According to the legend, one of the Buddha's decapitated heads fell at the foot of a large tree and it protected it with its roots. At the moment it shines as it is seen in the photo, according to the premises, without that there has been human intervention ... impressive, truth ?.
Ayutthaya
This is one of the most symbolic places in the "Wat Phra Mahathat" temple which, although it has been devastated for more than 200 years (and has never been rebuilt or restored), still allows us to read on its walls the glory of 400 years during which was one of the most emblematic places of the Siamese
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