Yak giant guards Phra Mondop building at Wat Phra Kaew, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

A yak (fearsome giant) protects the Phra Mondop building, part of Wat Phra Kaew/Temple of the Emerald Buddha, at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. King Rama I built Phra Mondop to house the revised edition of the Buddhist Canon. The walls of the Phra Mondop are covered in green mirrored tiles inlaid with gold medallions depicting Buddha. The base of the walls are lined with two rows of small gilded guardian angels, each one slightly different. Four corners of Phra Mondop hold stone Buddhas carved in the ninth century Javanese style. Sixteen twelve-cornered columns support the intricate multi-tier roof.

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A yak (fearsome giant) protects the Phra Mondop building, part of Wat Phra Kaew/Temple of the Emerald Buddha, at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. King Rama I built Phra Mondop to house the revised edition of the Buddhist Canon. The walls of the Phra Mondop are covered in green mirrored tiles inlaid with gold medallions depicting Buddha. The base of the walls are lined with two rows of small gilded guardian angels, each one slightly different. Four corners of Phra Mondop hold stone Buddhas carved in the ninth century Javanese style. Sixteen twelve-cornered columns support the intricate multi-tier roof.