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Erawan National Park is a 550-square-kilometer park in western Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
 located in Kanchanaburi Province
Kanchanaburi Province

Kanchanaburi is the largest of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Tak Province, Uthai Thani Province, Suphanburi Province, Nakhon Pathom Province and Ratchaburi Province....
, Amphoe Si Sawat
Amphoe Si Sawat

Si Sawat is a district in the Kanchanaburi Province in western Thailand....
 in the tambon Tha Kradan. Founded in 1975, it is Thailand's 12th national park
List of national parks of Thailand

National parks in Thailand are defined as an area of least ten square kilometres that contains natural resources of ecological importance or unique beauty, or flora and fauna of special importance....
.

The major attraction of the park is Erawan Falls, a waterfall named after the erawan
Airavata

In Hinduism, Airavata is a White elephant who carries Lord Indra.According to the Ramayana, his mother was Iravati.According to the Matangalila, Airavata was born when Brahma sang sacred hymns over the halves of the Egg shell from which Garuda hatched, followed by seven more male and eight female elephants....
, the three-headed white elephant of Hindu mythology. The seven-tiered falls are said to resemble the erawan.

There are also four caves in the park: Mi, Rua, Wang Bahdan, and Phartat.











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Erawan National Park is a 550-square-kilometer park in western Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
 located in Kanchanaburi Province
Kanchanaburi Province

Kanchanaburi is the largest of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Tak Province, Uthai Thani Province, Suphanburi Province, Nakhon Pathom Province and Ratchaburi Province....
, Amphoe Si Sawat
Amphoe Si Sawat

Si Sawat is a district in the Kanchanaburi Province in western Thailand....
 in the tambon Tha Kradan. Founded in 1975, it is Thailand's 12th national park
List of national parks of Thailand

National parks in Thailand are defined as an area of least ten square kilometres that contains natural resources of ecological importance or unique beauty, or flora and fauna of special importance....
.

The major attraction of the park is Erawan Falls, a waterfall named after the erawan
Airavata

In Hinduism, Airavata is a White elephant who carries Lord Indra.According to the Ramayana, his mother was Iravati.According to the Matangalila, Airavata was born when Brahma sang sacred hymns over the halves of the Egg shell from which Garuda hatched, followed by seven more male and eight female elephants....
, the three-headed white elephant of Hindu mythology. The seven-tiered falls are said to resemble the erawan.

There are also four caves in the park: Mi, Rua, Wang Bahdan, and Phartat.




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