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04 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: PHRAMAHARAJAGURUPHITISRIVISUTTHIKUN, the Royal Priest of Thailand, blesses the Four Faced Brahma statue at the Erawan Shrine during a rededication ceremony Friday. A "Holy Religious Ceremony for Wellness and Prosperity of our Nation and Thai People" was held Friday morning at Erawan Shrine. The ceremony was to regain confidence of the Thai people and foreign visitors, to preserve Thai religious customs and traditions and to promote peace and happiness inThailand. Repairs to Erawan Shrine were completed Thursday, Sept 3 after the shrine was bombed on August 17. Twenty people were killed in the bombing and more than 100 injured. The statue of the Four Faced Brahma in the shrine was damaged by shrapnel and a building at the shrine was damaged by debris. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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04 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: PHRAMAHARAJAGURUPHITISRIVISUTTHIKUN, the Royal Priest of Thailand, blesses the Four Faced Brahma statue at the Erawan Shrine during a rededication ceremony Friday. A "Holy Religious Ceremony for Wellness and Prosperity of our Nation and Thai People" was held Friday morning at Erawan Shrine. The ceremony was to regain confidence of the Thai people and foreign visitors, to preserve Thai religious customs and traditions and to promote peace and happiness inThailand. Repairs to Erawan Shrine were completed Thursday, Sept 3 after the shrine was bombed on August 17. Twenty people were killed in the bombing and more than 100 injured. The statue of the Four Faced Brahma in the shrine was damaged by shrapnel and a building at the shrine was damaged by debris. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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