Trimurti Shrine (Phra Trimurati)
Bangkok, Thailand
- Deities
- Sadasiva (five-faced Shiva; popularly worshipped as 'Trimurti')
- Traditions
- folk_regional
- Worship status
- active
- Darshan hours
- Publicly accessible for offerings throughout the day into the evening; especially crowded Thursday nights around 9:30 p.m. No single official schedule was found in sources checked — confirm current hours locally.
- Best time to visit
- Thursday nights around 9:30 p.m., and Valentine's Day (14 February), both traditionally considered especially auspicious times to pray here for love.
- How to reach
- At the Ratchaprasong intersection, Bangkok, part of a cluster of Hindu shrines that also includes the Erawan Shrine (already documented separately in this directory); reachable via the BTS Skytrain's Chit Lom or Siam stations.
- Access notes
- Popularly but inaccurately known in English as the 'Trimurti Shrine'; per Wikipedia, its image was identified in 2017 as Sadasiva, a five-faced form of Shiva, rather than the Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva Trimurti triad the popular name implies.
Location
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At Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong intersection — already home to the world-famous Erawan Shrine, documented separately in this directory — stands a smaller shrine popularly known in English as the “Trimurti Shrine.” For years it was assumed to depict the Hindu Trimurti, the Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva triad, but in 2017 the enshrined image was formally identified as Sadasiva, a five-faced form of Shiva, worshipped specifically as a god of love rather than as the three-fold creator-preserver-destroyer triad its popular name suggests.
The shrine draws especially large crowds of young Thai visitors praying for love and romantic success, a practice concentrated on Thursday nights around 9:30 p.m. and reaching its peak on Valentine’s Day, when queues can stretch well beyond the shrine itself. It is one of several Hindu-derived shrines clustered at Ratchaprasong — nicknamed the “Intersection of Gods” — alongside dedications to Lakshmi, Parvati, Indra, and two forms of Vishnu/Narayana, reflecting the same syncretic blend of Hindu iconography and Thai folk-devotional practice found at the neighboring Erawan Shrine.
Sources
- historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's Ratchaprasong article during this research pass: confirms Phra Trimurati is one of a cluster of Hindu shrines at the Ratchaprasong intersection (alongside the Erawan Shrine); confirms the direct quote 'Phra Trimurati has long been mistaken for Trimurti, but in 2017 it was revealed that in fact, it is Sadasiva or five-faced Shiva. Sadasiva is worshiped as the god of love'; confirms it is popular for love-related prayers, 'especially on Thursday nights at 9:30 p.m. or Valentine's Day.'
For review
- The commonly used English name 'Trimurti Shrine' is, per the source checked, a popular misnomer corrected in 2017 — the enshrined image is now identified as Sadasiva (five-faced Shiva), not the Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva Trimurti. This entry uses 'Trimurti Shrine' in its title only because that remains the name most visitors and travel sources use, while noting the correction in the body and access_notes.
- Precise founding date, and an exact address/building frontage (e.g., a specific adjoining mall) could not be confirmed from the source checked in this pass; the shrine is described only as part of the Ratchaprasong intersection cluster.
- The same Ratchaprasong shrine cluster includes several other named Hindu shrines not given separate entries here (Phra Mae Laksami/Lakshmi, Phra Mae Uma/Parvati, Phra In/Indra, and two Narayana shrines depicting Vishnu riding Garuda and Naga respectively) — documented as part of the same complex but not independently detailed enough in the source checked for standalone entries.