Biking Cambodia-Bangkok temple guardians

Here we have a few more temple guardians in Bangkok.

This is an even larger version of Yaksha, a fierce but benevolent nature spirit.  He is charged with taking care of precious things.

This is another version of their stylized lion, called shishi in China, which are thought to have magical powers to repel evil spirts.

 

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