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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 Royal Nine-Tiered Umbrella over the Phuttan Kanchanasinghat Throne at the Amarin Winitchai Throne Hall, the Grand Palace. The Royal Nine-Tiered Umbrella over the funeral pyre of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, inside the royal crematorium at Sanam Luang (2017).
The Chakri dynasty [a] is the current reigning dynasty of the Kingdom of Thailand. The head of the house is the king , who is head of state . The family has ruled Thailand since the founding of the Rattanakosin era and the city of Bangkok in 1782; following the end of Taksin 's reign, when the capital of Siam shifted to Bangkok.
The Grand Palace compound on the banks of the Chao Phraya river.The primary royal and ceremonial residence of the monarch and royal family of Thailand. Royal residences of the Chakri Dynasty in Thailand include the Grand Palace, nineteen royal palaces (Thai: พระราชวัง, RTGS: phra ratcha wang; official residences of the king and uparaja stipulated as such by royal decree) and ...
The Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall in the Grand Palace is a prominent example of the prasat form.. A prasat (Thai: ปราสาท, from Sanskrit: prāsāda), or more accurately, kudakhan (กุฎาคาร, from Pali/Sanskrit: kūṭāgāra) or rueanyot (เรือนยอด), is a Thai architectural form reserved for royal palaces of the monarch or for sacred religious structures.
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]
The four princes were the first of the king's many sons to be sent abroad for study. Crown Prince Maha Vajirunhis wrote in his diary on the 30 June 1885: "In the morning, after breakfast, His Majesty went to the Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall. He tied sacred strings around the four elder brothers, poured holy water on them and fingered powders ...
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.