Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Mrigadayavan - the residence of His Majesty King Rama VI

There are small streams running through some 26,000 rais of this palace area which quenches the thirst of the wildlife, especially hog deers. This area was known as "Huay" (small stream) "Sai" (hog deer).

To preserve the meaning of this area, His Majesty King Rama VI named this residence "Mrigadayavan" which was also referred to as the name of the park during the time of the Lord Buddha as to bless the plentiful wildlife. To protect those animals from hunters, a Royal Command was issued on the 12th May, 1924, forbidding the hunting of animals within the vicinity of Mrigadayavan Palace which stretches 5 kilometers along this seashore with the northern border extending 7.5 kilometers to the west and 5 kilometers to the south. (*original text on the marble plate at the entrance of this grace land Mrigadayavan.) Beautiful, thoughtful and peaceful.

3 comments:

Stella said...

Wow, you not only can take good photos but also can tell the story of the place. Very impressive.

in the sea said...

Well, I didn't tell the story but I just re-wrote the original text by replacing some word like originally "cure the thirst" with my little amended "quenches the thirst". :)

Stella said...

Good writers are all copy cats to begin with.
The key is what you copy, where you copy, how you cut & paste to make it better than the original. That is an art.