Mahouts led 11 white-painted elephants to parade and pay homage to His Majesty the King outside Temple of the Emerald Buddha on Tuesday morning. Bangkok Post - The world’s window on Thailand.

The Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, or Wat Phra Kaew, will be closed from Oct 1 until Oct 29 in preparations for the royal cremation ceremonies of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Wat Phra Kaew – Temple of the Emerald Buddha – enshrines one of Thailand’s most revered Buddha statues, which was carved out of a single block of jade. This Buddha image is certainly well ...

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Police arrested a 24-year-old man on Tuesday (March 28) evening as he graffitied a message protesting the lese majeste law on the wall of Wat Phra Si ...

BANGKOK: The King on Monday (March 25) performed an elaborate annual ritual to change the outfit of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew to the summer outfit.