“The royal crematorium will stand tall at 50.49 metres,” Fine Arts Department’s director |general Anan Chuchote said |yesterday. “The design for the royal crematorium is based on Buddhist cosmology and the beliefs that a king is semi-divine,” Anan said. He said the royal crematorium would be surrounded by eight pointed-roof pavilions, to represent Mount Sumeru’s surrounding mountains. “Pillars for the royal crematorium will bear Garuda, the vehicle for Phra Narai,” Anan explained. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is expected to submit the area for building of the royal crematorium to state authorities soon.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 28, 2016 12:53 UTC