Devarāja " is the It could be simply described as Southeast Asian concept of divine king . The concept viewed the monarch to possess transcendental quality, the king as the living god on earth, the incarnation of the supreme god, often attributed to Shiva or Vishnu . In ayutthaya historical documents show the official titles of the kings in great variation; Indra , Shiva and Vishnu , or Rama . Seemingly, Rama was the most popular, as in 'Ramathibodhi'. The concept centered on the idea that the king was an incarnation ( Avatar ) but in Rattanakosin King of protection of workers under the Dharma Concluded there are differences in the Ayutthaya honoring King is devaraja but in Rattanakosin honoring is buddha.