Bangkok, 29 April 2019 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand is pleased to share the programme of the Royal Coronation of King Rama X, based on the information provided by the Foreign Office, The Government Public Relations Department.
The Royal Coronation of King Rama X comprises five historic events; 1) the preparation of sacred water for the Royal Coronation Ceremony; 2) the inscription of the Royal Golden Plaques and engraving the Royal Seal of State; 3) the three-day Royal Coronation Ceremony; 4) the Royal Land Procession; and 5) the Royal Barge Procession.
- The Preparation of sacred water for the Royal Coronation Ceremony
The earliest process in the preparation of the Royal Coronation Ceremony is to collect waters from different important sources and then consecrate and combine them for use in the Royal Purification and Anointment Ceremonies during the Royal Coronation Ceremony.
6 April 2019: The gathering of waters to be blessed and used for the sacred water in the Royal Coronation Ceremony takes place in all 76 provinces.
8-9 April 2019: Consecration rites for the collected waters are organized at major temples in respective provinces.
10-11 April 2019: The waters are transferred to the Ministry of Interior in Bangkok.
12 April 2019, 13.00-14.09 hr: The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration performs a water consecration rite at Ho Sattrakhom in the Grand Palace and transfers the consecrated water to the Ministry of Interior to combine it with waters from the provinces.
18 April 2019, 17.30 hr: The waters from 76 provinces and Bangkok are combined and taken from the Ministry of Interior to go through another consecration rite at Wat Suthat, one of Bangkok’s oldest and most important temples.
19 April 2019, 07.30 hr: The sacred water is taken in a procession from Wat Suthat to be kept at the ubosot of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
- The inscription of the Royal Golden Plaques and…
