Bangkok: Ganesh figure in garden of the Patravadi Theatre, Bangkok

Ganesha, also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations. Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains, Buddhists, and beyond India.

The Patravadi Theatre, on the Thonburi side of Bangkok's Chao Phraya River, is famed for its excellent Siamese music and dance performances. The company regularly puts on classical Siamese and other Asian epics.

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David Henley

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Pictures From Asia