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Photos | Thailand King’s coronation: the first in nearly 70 years
The coronation ceremony of Thailand's newly-crowned King Maha Vajiralongkorn was carried yesterday by soldiers on a gilded palanquin through the streets of Bangkok. A big crowd craned to witness the historic event. Thailand's monarchy is swaddled in ritual, protocol and hierarchy all orbiting around the king, who is viewed as a demigod.
Updated on: May 05, 2019 6:37 PM IST
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A banner is seen on a street during the coronation of King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Bangkok, Thailand. The coronation was held yesterday on May 4th and is the first in nearly 70 years in Thailand. Thai culture reveres their king as a living god, a patron of Buddhism. (Jorge Silva / REUTERS)
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People gather to watch a procession with King Maha Vajiralongkorn during his coronation ceremony. Vajiralongkorn has been on the throne for more than two years following the death of his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October 2016 after seven decades on the throne. (Gemunu Amarasinghe / AP)
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People display portraits of King Maha Vajiralongkorn during his ongoing coronation ceremony. Wearing yellow shirts , the royal colour and carrying hats and umbrellas to protect against temperatures reaching 36 degrees Celsius, people thronged the streets, with many clutching portraits of Vajiralongkorn and shouting “Long live the King!” (Wason Wanichakorn / AP)
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King Maha Vajiralongkorn sits on a royal palanquin followed by marching soldiers . The 7 kilometre procession brings the public into close proximity with the 66-year-old monarch for the first time, two years after he ascended the throne in an increasingly assertive reign. (AFP)
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The King completed Buddhist and Brahmin rituals to symbolically transform him into a living god as the South-East Asian nation crowned its first monarch in nearly seven decades. (AFP)
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Officials arrive ahead of ceremonies held during the coronation of King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Bangkok. The three-day coronation, which started Saturday, is the first since Vajiralongkorn’s adored and revered father was crowned in 1950. (Soe Zeya Tun / REUTERS)
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Officials attend the coronation of King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Bangkok. All media must self-censor and the country’s lively social media platforms have been subdued. (Soe Zeya Tun / REUTERS)
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Officials salute as the car carrying King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida drives past the Grand Palace during his coronation in Bangkok. The queen, 40, was deputy commander of the king’s royal guard before her marriage to Vajiralongkorn, which was announced days before the coronation. (Jorge Silva / REUTERS)
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The motorcade of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida arrive at the Grand Palace during his coronation in Bangkok. The king and queen stayed the previous night in the royal residence, where a Siamese cat and a white rooster were placed on a pillow as part of housewraming rituals intended to bring good tidings. (Athit Perawongmetha / REUTERS)
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Officials walk past the Grand Palace during the coronation of King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Bangkok. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS)
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Buddhist monks pray in Wat Pho temple near the Grand Palace during the coronation of King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Bangkok. (Soe Zeya Tun / REUTERS)
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Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn seen facing the audience wearing the gold crown while sitting on the throne during his coronation at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Since ascending the throne the king has taken several assertive moves, including bringing the assets of the Crown Property Bureau under his direct control. (Thai Tv Pool / AFP)
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An inside view of the coronation ceremony for Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn in the Grand Palace in Bangkok. (Thai Tv Pool / AFP)
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Well-wishers line up in front of portrait of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn outside Grand Palace in Bangkok which is hosting elaborate centuries-old ceremonies for the formal coronation of Vajiralongkorn. (Rapeephat Sitchailapa / AP)
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People watch a live broadcast of the coronation of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn on a smartphone in Bangkok. Vajiralongkorn displayed a different approach from his father since taking the throne more than two years ago. (Nicolas Axelrod / Bloomberg)
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People watch a screening of King Maha Vajiralongkorn being crowned during his coronation in Bangkok. Spectators all wearing yellow, the colour associated with the king, gathered from early morning along the 7 km (4 mile) route from the Grand Palace to three royal temples, where the monarch, who will be appearing in public for the first time since his elaborate crowning, will pay homage to each temple’s main Buddha images. (Soe Zeya Tun / REUTERS)
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