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Thai God of Love: The Trimurti Shrine at Central World

Posted by Stuart at 04:41 PM on June 07, 2004

A couple of months ago I wrote about the Hindu shrine at Central World Plaza. The night I was there, the shrine was very popular. As I mentioned in my post, I noticed that the worshippers carried red roses and had red slips of paper. I also noticed that most of the people at the shrine were young, single women. It seemed to me at the time that everyone was treating the shrine as a God of Love. I asked a few of my friends about it, but they didn't know any thing more than I did.

Today's Bangkok Post confirmed my suspicions. The front page of the Outlook section had an article called "Looking for love in all the old places" with a huge picture of the crowded shrine. As it says:

This time around [Nuttawan] was looking for love, so it had to be a visit to the Trimurti, the god of love for young hipsters.

For almost a year now, the Trimurti shrine has become a santuary of hope for many lovelorn youngsters. Day and night, the Trimuri's altar is never void of red offerings.

It goes on to say, "Whether or not it has anything to do with the shrine's location that sees people of many cultures, many claim the god is especially magical in matching foreign mates with Thai partners." Hmmmm....