Major ceremonial events are to be held to commemorate the eighth cycle birthday of His Holinesss the Supreme Patriarch on June 26, the government has announced.
One cycle is equivalent to 12 years on the Thai calendar and royally sponsored state and religious events will mark His Holiness’s 96th birthday.
Born in Muang district of Ratchaburi on June 26, 1927, he was first ordained as a monk in 1948 with the Dhamma alias of Ambaro.
The senior monk was named abbot of Wat Ratchabophit in Bangkok in 2008 before being appointed the Supreme Patriarch by His Majesty the King in 2017.
PM’s Office Minister Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said the events will be broadcast live on national television on June 26.