Sanam Luang
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Sanam Luang, officially Thong Sanam Luang, is a 74.5 rai open field and public square in front of Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Sanam Luang is in the Phra Nakhon District, the
Sanam Luang in 2013
Evening picnic, Sanam Luang
The crematorium of Princess Galyani Vadhana, Sanam Luang
The crematorium of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Sanam Luang
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, died at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok on 13 October 2016, at the age of 88. Bhumibol had suffered from ill health for several years and was the world's longest-reig
Sanam Luang
…in 2012. Following the 13 October 2016 death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, massive crowds flooded Sanam Luang to pay their respects to the late-king. His cremation took place here on 26 October 2017. During 2020 Thai protests, the field was a place of a rally on 19–20 September 2020, and the place where the "Second…
Royal crematorium of Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol's crematorium under construction, as seen on 27 April 2017
Royal urn of Bhumibol Adulyadej, being transported upon the Golden Palanquin with Three Poles (Phra Yannamas Sam Lam Khan), in the first procession of the king's royal cremation ceremony on 26 October 2017
Thai people wait to pay homage to the King's body which lay in state at Phra Thinang Dusit Maha Prasat.