Phra Siam Devadhiraj is a guardian deity personifying supernatural protection over the country of Thailand. The deity is represented by a solid gold idol about eight inches tall, commissioned by King Mongkut, Rama IV, around 1859 to 1860, and enshrined in the Phaisan Thaksin Throne Hall of the Grand Palace, shown in royal dress holding a sword in one hand with the other raised in a gesture of blessing. Siam Devadhiraj is worshipped in a private royal ceremony held annually on the first waxing moon of the fifth month of the Thai lunar calendar, which marks the traditional Thai new year.
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Attestation
Veneration TodayActively venerated in a living tradition 1 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / FunctionKingship and sovereignty 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Siam Devadhiraj, Structured Record (Wikidata Q)
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