Hanuman on his chariot, a scene from the Ramakien in Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok. Fly yoga bangkok’s national epic, derived from the Hindu epic Ramayana. A number of versions of the epic were lost in the destruction of Ayutthaya in 1767.

While the main story is identical to that of the Ramayana, many other aspects were transposed into a Thai context, such as the clothes, weapons, topography, and elements of nature, which are described as being Thai in style. A painted representation of the Ramakien is displayed at Bangkok’s Wat Phra Kaew, and many of the statues there depict characters from it. In the late first millennium, the epic was adopted by the Thai people. The oldest recordings of the early Sukhothai kingdom, dating from the 13th century, include stories from the Ramayana legends. The Thai version of the legends were first written down in the 18th century, during the Ayutthaya kingdom, following the demise of the Sukhothai government. Chakri dynasty, which still maintains the throne of Thailand.