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Inside the main hall (throne room), situated at the very centre of the Chakri Maha Prasat Hall, is the Bhudthan Thom Throne (พระที่นั่งพุดตานถม; RTGS: Phuttan Thom), a chair on a raised platform. The Throne is flanked by two seven-tiered umbrellas, while the throne itself is topped by a Royal Nine-Tiered ...
The king's body lay in state at the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace for a period of one year, with daily rites for a period of 100 days. As in the funerals of the king's mother and sister, the king's body was not physically placed in the royal funerary urn ( kot ) as was customary; instead, the coffin which housed the body was ...
At 17:30 the king granted an audience at the Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall to members of the international diplomatic corps. At 19:01 a special drone-flying exhibition in honor of the coronation, the final event of the day, was held at the Sanam Luang Royal Plaza with 300 drones taking part.
Hua Lamphong railway station, Bangkok's main train station, built by Rama V and completed after Rama V's death The Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall in the Grand Palace was completed in 1882. The construction of railways in Siam had a political motivation: to connect all of the country so as to better maintain control of it.
This is followed by the transfer of the sacred urn to the Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall where it will be enthroned, ending the cremation services. To signify this, the Royal Family wears their ceremonial uniforms at this time, and not black dresses or black armbands with white court dress. The public also follows suit by wearing normal clothes.
The remains are brought into the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall, while the ashes are temporarily placed in the Phra Si Rattana Chedi stupa in Wat Phra Kaew. [ 26 ] The next day, final Buddhist rites are held for the cremated remains in the morning, before the kot is transported the short distance to Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall , where the ...
Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall, a 19th-century European-style building with a traditional Thai roof, is in the Grand Palace compound. Wat Arun, one of the most visited temples in Bangkok Main article: List of palaces in Bangkok
Portrait of King Mongkut at Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall, Grand Palace. Mongkut (มงกุฎ, literal meaning: crown) was the second son of Prince Itsarasunthon, son of Phutthayotfa Chulalok, the first Chakri king of Siam (King Rama I) and Princess Bunrot. [3]