Men in ceremonial uniforms walk in a procession transporting the royal urn containing the remains of Thailand's most senior Buddhist monk, the late Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara in Bangkok on December 16, 2015. Thousands of people lined the streets of downtown Bangkok on December 16 as the carriage transported the royal urn of the late Supreme Patriarch, who died in 2013 at the age of 100, ahead of the cremation ceremony. AFP PHOTO / Christophe ARCHAMBAULT
BANGKOK: Thailand on Wednesday cremated the kingdom’s top Buddhist leader more than two years after he died, in a long and elaborate ceremony attended by the Crown Prince.
The funeral pyre was lit by Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 63, who rarely makes public appearances but has recently been more in the public eye to highlight his role as heir apparent amid increasing anxiety over his father’s health.
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