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Nat Bo Bo Gyi (Burmese: ဘိုးဘိုးကြီ) traditionally refers to the name of a guardian deity of Buddhist temples in Myanmar. Bo Bo Gyi is depicted as an elderly man, wearing a conical hat and holding a cane in his left hand, with the index finger of his right hand pointing forward.
Statue of Thep Than Chai enshrined at Wat Mahanat Po Thaplong (Mae Hong Son).
This statue is part of a limited series of 999 hand-painted pieces and bears the number 405 on its base.
Nat Bo Bo Gyi (Burmese: ဘိုးဘိုးကြီ) traditionally refers to the name of a guardian deity of Buddhist temples in Myanmar. Bo Bo Gyi is depicted as an elderly man, wearing a conical hat and holding a cane in his left hand, with the index finger of his right hand pointing forward.
Offerings of clothing scarves are most common for this deity.
There are many Bo Bo Gyi shrines in Burma and Thailand, and some are more respected than others.
According to a legend from Shwedagon Pagoda, the hair relics of Gautama Buddha were given to two merchants of the Mon ethnic group who then gave them to the king of Yangon, wishing that the relics be properly enshrined in a pagoda.
Bo Bo Gyi, (an avatar of God Indra), came down to earth and pointed his finger towards the appropriate place where this pagoda should be built, that is, where the Shwedagon Pagoda is located.
Therefore, he is usually depicted as a pointing finger character in reference to this legend.
Bo Bo Gyi is highly respected among Thais as Thep Than Chai or Luang Phor Tanjai (Thai: Thep Thanjai; The God Who Grants Wishes Immediately). Many believe that praying to Thep Than Chai, making a wish and then having one's forehead touched by Thep Than Chai's pointing finger will bring good luck.
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Height: 32 cm.
Width: 9 cm.
Weight: approximately 1 kilogram