Thailand: Mae Toranee, Earth Goddess, wringing the cool waters of detachment from her hair at the entrance to Doi Chiang Dao (Chiang Dao Mountain) Caves, Chiang Dao, northern Thailand. Phra Mae Thorani, Mae Phra Thorani or Nang Thorani, known as Wathondara or Wathondare in Burmese, from Pali Vasudhara are Thai and Lao language names for the Khmer language Preah Thorani, an earth goddess of the Buddhist mythology of the region. She is also known as Suvathara or Sowathara.

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