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Funeral Procession for the Supreme Patriarch

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16 DECEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk in the funeral procession for Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch. He died Oct. 24, 2013, at a hospital in Bangkok and was cremated today. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and appointed as the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as a monk in 1956. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets during the procession to pray for the Patriarch. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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16 DECEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk in the funeral procession for Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch. He died Oct. 24, 2013, at a hospital in Bangkok and was cremated today. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and appointed as the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as a monk in 1956. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets during the procession to pray for the Patriarch. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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