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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  

  

  STRANGE 
  GUARDS 
  WATCH 
  BEFORE 
  THE 
  SHRINES 
  IN 
  THE 
  WAT 
  PHRA 
  KEO 
  TEMPLE 
  

   GROUNDS 
  AT 
  BANGKOK 
  (SEE 
  TEXT, 
  PAGES 
  243-244) 
  

   Many 
  buildings 
  arc 
  included 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  temple. 
  Among 
  these 
  is 
  the 
  heavily 
  

   gilded 
  prachedi 
  (shrine), 
  the 
  Sri 
  Ratana, 
  whose 
  golden 
  tiles 
  were 
  manufactured 
  m 
  Germany 
  

   by 
  royal 
  commission. 
  

  

  