Thailand concludes year of mourning for late king with lavish ceremonies
The bones and ashes of Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej were brought to their final resting place on Sunday, the fifth and last day of an elaborate funeral ceremony that drew hundreds of thousands of mourners to the streets of Bangkok.
Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana led the final royal procession on horseback to the Wat Rajabopidh and Wat Bovoranives temples, where her grandfather's ashes were placed in a ceremony steeped in religious symbolism and tradition. Mourners, some in tears, were gathered outside the temples.
King Bhumibol who was the world's longest reigning monarch when he died last year at the age of 88, ruled Thailand for seven decades and was revered as a stabilizing figure through coups, protests and natural disasters.
Thailand's one-year mourning period for King Bhumibol finally came to an end after the procession.
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