Case file · Folklore / legend
Erawan Shrine
Built in 1956 after a string of accidents during construction of Bangkok's Erawan Hotel, the shrine to Brahma (Phra Phrom) was meant to end the bad luck, and work then went smoothly.
1956 CE · 13.74, 100.54 · status: official
The account
It became one of Bangkok's busiest shrines. In March 2006 a mentally ill man smashed the statue and was beaten to death by bystanders; in August 2015 a bomb at the shrine killed 20 people.