Editing Bangkok (section)

=== Symbols ===
The city seal shows [[Hindu]] god [[Indra]] riding in the clouds on [[Airavata]], a divine [[white elephant]] known in Thai as Erawan. In his hand Indra holds his weapon, the ''[[vajra]]''.<ref>Thavisin et al. (eds) 2006, p.&nbsp;78.</ref> The seal is based on a painting done by [[Prince Naris]], a brother of King Chulalongkorn.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Waites |first=Dan |title=CultureShock! Bangkok: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette |date=2014 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-981-4516-93-8 |location=Singapore |page=51 |oclc=881383223}}</ref> The tree symbol of Bangkok is ''[[Ficus benjamina]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnp.go.th/EPAC/province_plant/bangkok.htm|script-title=th:ไทรย้อยใบแหลม|trans-title=Golden fig|language=th|last=Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation|website=DNP website|access-date=25 September 2012}}</ref> [[Giant barb]] (''[[Catlocarpio siamensis]]'') has been chosen as the aquatic animal of Bangkok.<ref>{{cite web|language=thai|date=2024-11-05|accessdate=2015-07-03|work=[[PPTV (Thai TV channel)|PPTV HD]]|url=https://www.pptvhd36.com/news/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99/13982|title=ประมงเลือก "ปลากระโห้" เป็นสัตว์น้ำประจำกรุงเทพฯ|trans-title=Fisheries choose "Giant barb" as the aquatic animal of Bangkok}}</ref> The official city slogan, adopted in 2012, reads:

{{blockquote|As built by deities, the administrative centre, dazzling palaces and temples, the capital of Thailand <br/>กรุงเทพฯ ดุจเทพสร้าง เมืองศูนย์กลางการปกครอง วัดวังงามเรืองรอง เมืองหลวงของประเทศไทย<ref>{{cite journal|title=Bangkok Finally Gets Its Own Provincial Slogan |journal=Bangkok Inter News |volume=5 |issue=2 |date=April–June 2012 |page=10 |url=http://iad.bangkok.go.th/sites/default/files/internew/623-55%20new.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016093625/http://iad.bangkok.go.th/sites/default/files/internew/623-55%20new.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2015 }}</ref>}}