Rarely heard bell to ring for New Supreme Patriarch
Usnisa Sukhsvasti | Bangkok Post | 2 Feb 2017 at 07:44
This evening, at the end of a solemn investiture of the new Supreme Patriarch, bells will ring at temples all around the kingdom. This includes the bell at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, or Wat Phra Kaew, where the actual investiture will take place, presided over by King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun.
The bell at Wat Phra Kaew is said to have the sweetest chime one could ever hear, but it is a sound that is rarely heard. The bell, which hangs at the top of a high tower south of the main chapel in the temple, is only rung on special royal ceremonies, such as the investiture of a Supreme Patriarch, for which the previous ceremony took place in 1989.
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