Bangkok's biggest Amulet Market is located adjacent to Wat Mahathat between Maharat Road and the river. In this market, a fantastic array of religious amulets, charms, talismans, and traditional medicine are sold.


Each Sunday there are hundreds of faithful squats on the ground studying tiny images of the Buddha with magnifying glasses, hoping to find one that will bring good fortune or ward off evil. Each amulet brings a specific kind of luck to get the girl, to pass your exams, to keep bugs out of your rice stock, or to ward off your mother-in-law.


The newer amulet market is part of Wat Ratchanada, off the intersection of Mahachai Road and Ratchadamnoen Klang Road, across from the Golden Mount at Wat Saket.


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