Published: May 04, 2019
The solemn ceremony in Bangkok means the new monarch is fully consecrated as a ‘god-king’
Thailand has crowned its new King Maha Vajiralongkorn, marking the first ascension of a new monarch in seven decades.
In an elaborate ceremony on Saturday which fused ancient Buddhist and Hindu Brahmin rituals, Vajiralongkorn was doused with holy water by the most respected religious, political and royal figures in Thailand before the royal crown was placed on his head and he received the highly symbolic nine-tiered umbrella, vesting him as King Rama X of Thailand.
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