Death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej

Death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej
	Royal crematorium of Bhumibol Adulyadej
Date	13 October 2016, at 15:52 (ICT) (death); 14 October 2016 (bathing rite); 19 October 2016 (ceremony to mark 7 days since death); 27 October 2016 (ceremony to mark 15 days since death); 1 December 2016 (ceremony to mark 50 days since death); 20 January 2017 (ceremony to mark 100 days since death); 13 October 2017 (ceremony to mark one year since death); 26 October 2017 (cremation); 28 October 2017 (royal relics and ashes service of merit);
Location	Siriraj Hospital (death); Phiman Rattaya Hall, Grand Palace (bathing rite); Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall, Grand Palace (funeral); Royal Crematorium, Sanam Luang (cremation); Phra Si Rattana Chedi, Wat Phra Kaew (temporary placement of the royal ashes); Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall, Grand Palace (interment of the royal relics); Phra Ubosot, Wat Ratchabophit (interment of the royal ashes); Phra Ubosot, Wat Bowonniwet Vihara (interment of the royal ashes);
Participants	See § Participants

Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (Rama IX), died at the age of 88 on 13 October 2016 (B.E. 2559), after a long illness. A year-long period of mourning was subsequently announced. His royal cremation ceremony took place over five days at the end of October 2017. The actual cremation, which was not broadcast on television, was held in the late evening of 26 October 2017. Following cremation his remains and ashes were taken to the Grand Palace and were enshrined at the Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall (royal remains), the Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit and Wat Bowonniwet Vihara (royal ashes). Following burial, the mourning period officially ended on midnight of 30 October 2017 and Thais resumed wearing colours other than black in public.