Sunday15 Jul 07:56 PM

Never Mind The Secret, Here Comes Thai Amulet Craze

Temples across Thailand are churning out thousands of coffee-lid sized amulets called Jatukam. Stamped with Hindu deities or former Thai kings or Lord Buddha, each lucky charm bestows the possessor expletive fortunes like "Super Millionaire" and "Rich without Reason." Link. More. -[SA]

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Spiros Antonopoulos

TAGS — Buddhism, charms, craze, materialist, spiritual, Thailand

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