Remains of late Thai king collected after cremation
The cremated remains of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej were collected on Friday as part of an elaborate, five-day funeral ceremony that drew hundreds of thousands of black-clad mourners to Bangkok's historic old quarter.
Shielded from the sun by a large white-and-gold umbrella, his son, new King Maha Vajiralongkorn led a religious ceremony to collect his father's remains. He sprinkled the bones with sacred water as classical Thai music played in a ceremony.
The remains were blessed by Thailand's Supreme Patriarch, the head of the order of Buddhist monks. The late king's bones will be taken to the Grand Palace, where he had lain in state since his death last October.
Hundreds of mourners wearing black and holding photographs of the late king gathered around the cremation ground as they said their prayers along with the religious ceremony.
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