★★★Must-see·Shrine
Erawan Shrine
ศาลท้าวมหาพรหม
The four-faced Brahma at Bangkok's busiest corner — garlands and dancers.
The four-faced Brahma at Bangkok's busiest corner, born of a hotel construction jinx in 1956 and now the city's most active shrine. Commissioned dance troupes perform for answered prayers all day. Step off the skywalk into the incense for five minutes — it's the city's spiritual pulse at its most public.
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Visiting
- Open
- daily
- Entry
- FreeOpen street-corner shrine run by the Thao Maha Brahma Foundation; no ticket. Offerings from vendors and commissioned dances are optional extras
- Allow
- 15–30 min
No official opening hours published — check on the day.
Checked 10 Oct 2026 against openstreetmap.org, wikidata.org, commons.wikimedia.org, bangkokauthority.com. Things change: closures for royal ceremonies and holidays are common.
By train
- Chit Lom (BTS E1) · Exit 2 — Exit 2 is on the south side, at the west end of the station (Gaysorn Amarin, bus stop towards Ratchaprasong). Walk west about 150 m to the shrine on the Ratchaprasong corner. The shrine is not named in the source; the exit's side comes from Wikipedia and its position from OSM.
Exits from th.wikipedia.org, openstreetmap.org · checked Oct 2026
Visiting a temple
- Shoulders and knees covered, for everyone. Sarongs are usually available at the gate, sometimes for a small deposit.
- Shoes come off before you step into an ordination hall — watch what everyone else is doing at the threshold.
- Most compounds open early, around 08:00, and close by 17:00–18:00; the major ones charge foreign visitors a small entry fee.
- Early morning is cooler, quieter and far better light than midday.
Check current entry fee and today's closing time when you arrive — we have no verified official site for this one.
Getting there
- Chit Lom·BTS Sukhumvit Line~5 min walk
- Ratchadamri·BTS Silom Line~9 min walk
- Pratunam·Khlong Saen Saep Boat~10 min walk
- Siam·BTS Silom Line~11 min walk
Typical times, not a timetable · rail, boat and BRT routing runs right in the atlas.
While you're here
- Gaysorn Village·Luxury mall~2 min walk
- CentralWorld·City-block mall~5 min walk
- Wat Pathum Wanaram·Forest temple at Siam~7 min walk
- Central Chidlom·Department store~7 min walk
The neighbourhood
Erawan Shrine sits in Ratchadamri — Grand hotels facing the green.