The Royal Merit-Making Ceremony in Preparation to Move the Royal Urn to the Royal Crematorium

Date : 17.30 hr
Ok Phra Men royal merit-making ceremony
Venue : Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall
Dress Code : Full dress, Order of the Crown of Thailand - mourning


His Majesty the King arrives and lights the joss sticks and candles at the royal offerings to the royal remains. He then presents commemorative fans for the royal cremation ceremony to the chief titled monk, Somdet Phra Racha Khana, who gives a sermon, and 30 titled monks, who chant prayers as merits to the deceased, 84 Buddhist monks, equaling the age of Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra, and 20 Chinese and Vietnamese monks. His Majesty also presents gifts and saffron robes to the monks. Thai, Chinese, and Vietnamese monks chant prayers for the deceased. His Majesty lights the joss sticks and candles in front of the monks. A prayer is said, after which His Majesty then departs.

   
       
   
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