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During the coronation ceremony of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, the sacred water was

used in the purification bath it was collected from five local main streams and four ponds in
Suphan Buri. For the anointment rite, the sacred water came from 107 important sites in 76

provinces and from the Grand Palace.

The water collecting ceremony at each site started at the same auspicious time on

April 6, 2019. The water consecration ritual was done at each province’s principle temple on
April 8, 2019.

All the sacred water was later brought to Wat Suthat Thep Wararam in Bangkok for
the water consecration ritual again on April 18, 2019 before proceeding to the ordination

hall of Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram, known as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the
next day in preparation for the ceremony.

“The sacred water from all sites will be sanctified at Wat Suthat because this temple
was built by King Rama I in 1809 to symbolise Mouth Sumera after he established Krung

Rattanakosin (now Bangkok) whose name represented the heaven of the Indra deity,” Mom

Rajawongse Suriyavudh explained.

Sacred water moved to Suthat Thepphawararam temple By NNT - April 19, 2019

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