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Nation in mourning for 30 days for late Supreme Patriarch
The head of the Kingdom's Buddhist monastic order passed away at 7.30pm on Thursday due to a blood infection following recent surgery for an intestinal infection. His body yesterday was moved from Chulalongkorn Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment, to Wat Bowonnives Vihara, where he had served as an abbot.
An estimated 3,000 people gathered solemnly along the roads as the Supreme Patriarch's body was moved from the hospital to the temple shortly after noon. Several hundreds of mourners lined the busy road outside the hospital, from where the body of the Kingdom's top Buddhist leader was due to be shifted to the temple for religious ceremonies. People of all ages - from school students to frail old women - crouched respectfully next to the heavy traffic. Most were dressed in the mourning colours of black or white.
The Supreme Patriarch's body was transported in a motorcade from the hospital via Ratchadamri Road, Rama IV Road, the expressway, the Urupong intersection, Phetchaburi Road, Lan Luang Road, the Phan Fah intersection, and the Wan Chat intersection before arriving at the temple.
Lines of military and police cadets, in white suits, lined up on both sides along the road from the Wan Chat intersection to the temple. Behind the lines of cadets were large groups of mourners.
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