Thailand: Burmese-style makara on the entrance to the chedi at Wat Chetawan (Jetawan), Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. Makara is a sea-creature in Hindu mythology. It is generally depicted as half terrestrial animal (in the frontal part in animal forms of elephant or crocodile or stag, or deer) and in hind part as aquatic animal, in the tail part, as a fish tail or also as seal. Sometimes, even a peacock tail is depicted. It is often portrayed protecting entryways to Hindu and Buddhist temples. Chiang Mai is often called Thailand’s ‘Rose of the North’, and is the country’s second city.

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