Novice monks from the Wat Mangkon Kamalawat monastery stand with hands clasped performing a wai
Mourners line up waiting to pay their respects to the body of the late abbot
A portrait of the late abbot of Wat Mangkon Kamalawat Phra Khanajarn Chin Thammapanyajariyaporn stands inside the funeral hall
Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn pours holy water to be used during the funerary bathing ritual
Mourners line up on their knees as they wait to pay respect to the late abbot
Buddhist monks sit and talk as they wait for the funerary services to begin
Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn performs the funerary bathing rite by pouring holy water upon the body of the late abbot