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  2. Thai funeral - Wikipedia

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    The funeral procession is held from the temple or funeral hall towards the nearest crematorium. For senior state, military and police officials the Royal Thai Armed Forces and the Royal Thai Police provide the funeral escort detachment, buglers, and the military band (plus a firing party and for high-ranking officers an artillery battery).

  3. Thai royal funeral - Wikipedia

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    The Phra Merumat (royal crematorium) of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose cremation ceremony was held in 2017. Such temporary structures are purpose-built for the ceremony in the royal field of Sanam Luang. Thai royal funerals are elaborate events, organised as royal ceremonies akin to state funerals.

  4. Thai royal cremation ceremony - Wikipedia

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    Transporting the King Pinklao's Funerary Urn upon the Royal Chariot of Great Victory Royal funeral ceremony of King Chulalongkorn in 1911 at Sanam Luang, Bangkok.. After the final night service, on the cremation day a farewell morning service occurs at the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace in Bangkok, where the urn lay in state for a specific time period and had been earlier ...

  5. Thai ceremony for the dead brings good karma and emotional ...

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    By Athit Perawongmetha. BANGKOK (Reuters) - When two month old Bibeam died in November 2023, the temples in her district would not cremate her, considering her too young for such a ceremony.

  6. Death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej - Wikipedia

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    The construction process for the royal crematorium (Phra Merumas (Golden Crematorium)) [25] itself commenced with due ceremony on the morning of 27 February 2017 in the Sanam Luang Plaza, in the presence of the Prime Minister of Thailand Gen (ret) Prayut Chan-o-cha. At the right moment, the central steel beam of the building was hoisted using a ...

  7. Royal Nine-Tiered Umbrella - Wikipedia

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    A royal umbrella (also called a chatra) consists of many tiers, five for the prince, seven for the crown prince (or the viceroy) and unconsecrated king, and nine for a fully sovereign and crowned Thai king. Until the coronation rites are completed, the new king will not be able to sit on the throne under the nine-tiered umbrella. [2]

  8. Wat Pathum Wanaram - Wikipedia

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    Among the various buildings of the temple is a sala partially reconstructed from the crematorium of the late Princess Mother of Thailand. The crematorium was a rare example of ancient craftsmanship featuring ornate stencils and lacquered sculptures. Known in Thai as phra men, it represents Mount Meru, the heavenly abode of the gods.

  9. Sanam Luang - Wikipedia

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    The crematorium of Princess Galyani Vadhana, Sanam Luang. During the reign of King Rama III, when Thailand was engaged in a conflict with Vietnam over the Cambodian border, the king wished to demonstrate to other nations that Thailand was such a fertile, flourishing country that even the area in front of the Grand Palace was cultivated. Sanam ...