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Final Rehearsal for the Procession of Honour
22 October 2017

Today (22 October 2017) HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided over the final rehearsal for the procession of honour to be held on 27 October 2017. The processions will be to transfer the Royal Relics upon the Rajendrayan Busabok Palanquin from the Royal Crematorium to Dusit Maha Prasad Throne Hall in the Grand Palace and to transfer the Royal Ashes upon Rajendrayan Noi Palaquin to Phra Sri Rattana Chedi in the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. Also in the afternoon HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana led the rehearsal of the cavalry procession to transfer the Royal Ashes from the Temple of the Emerald Buddha to Wat Rajabopidh and Wat Bavoranives.


The Royal Palanquin with Four Poles, or Rajendrayan, is made of carved and gilded wood, and carried on four poles by 56 strong men. The palanquin is 4.23 meters high, 5.48 meters long, and 1.03 meters wide. It is used to transfer the royal reliquary urn containing the royal relics of the king, the queen, or members of the royal family from the Royal Crematorium at Sanam Luang into the Grand Palace.


The Small Royal Palaquin with Four Poles, or Rajendrayan Noi, is a new palanquin specifically built to carry the Royal Ashes of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Both

Rajendrayan and Rajendrayan Noi are similar in style, differing primarily in size. Rajendrayan Noi is made of golden teak, with a square-shaped busabok, measuring 4.14 meters in height and one meter in width and 5.48 meters long. It is also decorated with a figure representing Thep Phanom, a celestial being with hands pressed together in prayer.

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