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Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn facing the audience wearing the gold crown while sitting on the throne during his coronation at the Grand Palace in Bangkok.BANGKOK - To the boom of cannons, pipes and chants, King Maha Vajiralongkorn was crowned in a ceremony governed by centuries-old rituals, vowing a righteous reign and calling for"national security" and"happiness" in a remarkable display of royal power.
The public was granted a rare window into the cloistered halls of Thai royalty as the three-day coronation began. King Vajiralongkorn is the tenth monarch of the Chakri dynasty, which has reigned over the kingdom since 1782.Saturday's sombre ceremony opened with the white-gowned king receiving sacred water and dabbing it gently across his face at a shrine inside the Grand Palace complex.Several grey-haired Hindu Brahmins were also in attendance at a ceremony that symbolises Rama X's transformation from human to divine figure.
He later took his seat under the umbrella of state and was handed the Great Crown of Victory, a 7.3-kilogram tiered gold headpiece topped by a diamond from India. Draped in bejewelled royal regalia summoning images of another era, in contrast with consumer-mad Bangkok outside palace walls, Vajiralongkorn vowed to reign"with righteousness" for the benefit of Thais.
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