BANGKOK – Crowds of Thai people on Sunday lined roads in Bangkok for the royal procession of newly crowned King Maha Vajiralongkorn, hoping to get a glimpse of the constitutional monarch revered in Thai culture as a living deity.
Well-wishers wore yellow, the color associated with the king.
Thai government, which spent 1-billion baht ($31.35-million) on the weekend’s coronation ceremonies, said crowds of at least 200,000 people were expected.
The coronation took place from Saturday to Monday after a period of official mourning for the king’s revered father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October 2016 having reigned for 70 years.
Saturday’s rituals took place within the walls of the Grand Palace complex, which encloses the temple of the Emerald Buddha.
King Vajiralongkorn, 66, took one of the official titles as Rama X, or the 10th king of the Chakri dynasty founded in 1782. (Reuters)
